Where does “שאָבעכץ” come from?

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

שאָבעכץ (Yiddish): shavings

Definitions

  1. shavings

Ancestry of “שאָבעכץ”, step by step

שאָבעכץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שאָבן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשאָבןto scrape, to peel
2Old High Germanskaban—
3Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

via Yiddish עכץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעכץ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Old High German skaban →