Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skabʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*skabʰ-

1. to scratch, scrape

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skabʰ- (5 c, 0 e)

• *skábʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
  • Latin: scabō (“to scratch, rub”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *skabaną (“to shave, scrape”)
  • >? Lithuanian: skàbti (“to pick”)
• *skabʰ-on-s ~ *skabʰ-en-
  • Proto-Germanic: *skabô
    • Old High German: scaba
    • Old English: sċeafa
• *skabʰ-men-s ~ *skabʰ-mn-
  • ⇒ Ancient Greek: σκάμμα (skámma, “trench”)
• *skabʰ-ter-s ~ *skabʰ-tr-
  • Ancient Greek: σκαπτήρ (skaptḗr, “digger”)
• *skobʰ-i-s
  • Latin: scobis (“sawdust”)
• *skabʰ-ti-s
  • Ancient Greek: περίσκαψις (perískapsis, “digging around”)
  • Lithuanian: skàpti (“to pluck”, infinitive)
• *skabʰ-iH-s
  • Latin: scabies (“roughness of the skin, scabies”)
• *skábʰ-es-s
  • Ancient Greek: σκάφος (skáphos, “ditch, ship's hull”)
• *skábʰ-o-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *skabaz
    • Old Norse: skǫf n pl (“chips”)
      • Icelandic: skaf
• *skabʰ-ó-s
  • ⇒ Lithuanian: skabùs (“sharp”)
• *skabʰ-eh₂-s
  • Ancient Greek: σκάφη (skáphē, “tub, ship”)
• *skabʰ-ró-s
  • Latin: scaber (“rough, scratchy, mangy”)
  • (dialectal) ⇒? Lithuanian: skabrùs (“sharp”)
  • Latvian: skabrs (“splintered, sharp”)
• *-skābʰ-yo-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *-skōbijaz
    • Old Norse: auðskæfr (“easy to smoothen”)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Ancient Greek: σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig”)
  • Balto-Slavic
    • Lithuanian: skōbti (“to scrape, carve, pick”)
    • Lithuanian: skabýti (“to cut, pick, break off”)
    • (dialectal) Lithuanian: skóbas (“sour”)
    • Latgalian: skuobs (“sour”)
    • Latvian: skâbs (“sour”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *skȍbľь m (“crafting or carving tool (spokeshave, chisel, gouge)”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *skobľiti (“to carve, to delve”)
    • Russian: ще́бень m (ščébenʹ, “crushed stone”)