An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schrappen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry schrappen.

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2562480An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schrappenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schrappen, verb, ‘to scrape,’ Modern High German only, from Low German schrappen, an intensive form of Dutch schrapen, schrabben, ‘to scratch,’ Middle English scrapien (schrapien), English to scrape, Old Icelandic skrapa. From the Low German cognates Old French escraper, ‘to scratch off,’ is derived. See further under schröpfen and schrubben.