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1. Middle High German · derived fromschramm
2. German · derived fromschrammen“to scratch, scrape”
3. Dutch · derived fromschrammen“to graze, scratch”
4. English todayscramb

The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen (“to graze, scratch”) and German schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (“a graze, scratch”); further etymology unknown. The noun is derived from the verb.

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