Where does “skrubbsår” come from?

skrubbsår (Swedish) comes from Swedish sår, from Old Swedish sar, from Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic sairą, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

skrubbsår (Swedish): a scrape (shallow wound caused by scraping the skin, for examples on asphalt)

Definitions

  1. a scrape (shallow wound caused by scraping the skin, for examples on asphalt)

Ancestry of “skrubbsår”, step by step

skrubbsår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish sår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsåra minor wound, a puncture of the skin
2Old Swedishsarsore, aching
3Old Norsesárlarge cask
4Proto-Germanicsairąwound; sore
5Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

via Swedish skrubba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskrubbato rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sairaz →