English
scrape
Scrape comes from Old Norse skrapa ‘to scrape, scratch’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ- ‘to engrave’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skrebʰ-‘to engrave’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skrapōną‘to scrape, scratch’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350skrapa‘to scrape, scratch’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scrapen‘to scrape’
- Englishearliest quotation 1595scrape
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skrebʰ-‘to engrave’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skrapōną‘to scrape, scratch’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350skrapa‘to scrape, scratch’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scrapen‘to scrape’
- Englishearliest quotation 1595scrape
Earliest quotation: 1595, The Life and Death of King Richard the Second: “And he shall spend mine honour with his shame,…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ-
Today it means
verb To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ- / scrape