scrape

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*skrebʰ-“to engrave”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skrapōną
3. Old English · inherited fromscrapian“to scrape, scratch”
4. Old Norse · derived fromskrapa“to scrape, scratch”
5. Middle English · inherited fromscrapen
6. English todayscrape

From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”) and Old English scrapian (“to scrape, scratch”), both from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ- (“to engrave”). Cognate with Dutch schrapen (“to scrape”), schrappen (“to strike through; to cancel; to scrap”), schrabben (“to scratch”), German schrappen (“to scrape”), Danish skrabe (“to scrape”), Icelandic skrapa (“to scrape”), Walloon screper (“to scrape”), Latin scribō (“dig with a pen, draw, write”).

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