skavan

Old Saxon

verb

Definitions

to scratch
to shave

Etymology

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
scafan Old English
sċafan Old English
skafa Old Norse
skava Old Norse
skaban Old High German
𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
kaapima Estonian
*scavan Old Dutch
*skavan Old Dutch
*kaapidak Proto-Finnic
*skaban Frankish
afschaven Low German
schaven Low German