Etymology

shab

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Middle English schabbe /shabbe ← Old English sċeabb ← Proto-West Germanic *skabb
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  1. Proto-Germanic*skabbaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skabb
  3. Old Englishsċeabb
  4. Middle Englishschabbe /shabbe
  5. English todayshab

From Middle English schabbe, shabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab.

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