skava
Westrobothnian
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To decorticate, separate the bark from the trees.
- (figuratively) To whine, complain.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse skafa inherited from Proto-Germanic *skabaną (scratch, scrape).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skabaną
Gloss
scratch, scrape
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *skabʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skabaną Proto-Germanic
- skava Norwegian Nynorsk
- scafan Old English
- sċafan Old English
- skafa Old Norse
- skava Old Norse
- skafa Icelandic
- skaban Old High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- kaapima Estonian
- *scavan Old Dutch
- *skavan Old Dutch
- *kaapidak Proto-Finnic
- skavan Old Saxon
- skava Old Swedish
- skäva Westrobothnian
- *skaban Frankish