Where does “skäva” come from?

skäva (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

skäva (Westrobothnian): to scrape

Definitions

  1. to scrape

Ancestry of “skäva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskafato scrape with a blunt instrument; to shave so as...
2Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Old Norse skafa →