Where does “שאָבן” come from?

שאָבן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German skaban, from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

שאָבן (Yiddish): to scrape, to peel

Definitions

  1. to scrape, to peel

Ancestry of “שאָבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanskaban—
2Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “שאָבן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Old High German skaban →