Where does “skabrös” come from?

skabrös (Swedish) comes from French scabreux, from Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber, from Latin scabō, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

skabrös (Swedish): indecent, sleazy, scabrous

Definitions

  1. indecent, sleazy, scabrous

Ancestry of “skabrös”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscabreuxindecent, sleazy, scabrous
2Latinscabrosusrough, scabrous
3Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
4Latinscabōto scratch, scrape, abrade
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “skabrös”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Latin scabō →Every word from Latin scaber →