Proto-Indo-European

*skabʰ-

‘to scratch, scrape’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-, most familiar first.

• shave ← shaven ← sċafan ← *skaban ← *skabaną
• shambles ← schamels ← sċeamol ← *skamul ← scamellum
• scab ← scabb ← sċeabb ← *skabb ← *skabbaz
• shaver ← schavere ← schaven ← sċafan ← *skaban
• scabies ← scabō
• scabrous ← scaber ← scabō
• shab ← shabbe ← sċeabb ← *skabb ← *skabbaz
• shamble ← schambyll ← sċeamol ← *skamul ← *skamulaz
• scabious ← scabiōsus ← scabiēs ← scabō
• bathyscaphe ← σκᾰ́φη ← σκᾰ́πτω
• scabellum ← scamnum ← *skaβnom ← *skabʰ-no-m
• scabredity ← scabrēdō ← scaber ← scabō

More words from *skabʰ-

• scobs
• scrab
• scabrule
• sgabello

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-