An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schröpfen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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Friedrich Kluge2509834An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schröpfen1891John Francis Davis

schröpfen, vb., ‘to crop young wheat, tap (trees), cup,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schrępfen, schręffen; comp. AS. scrëpan, ‘to scratch’; also LG. schrappen, prop. an intensive form. The prim. meaning of the Teut. root skrëp is ‘to scratch, cut into’ (to this scharf is allied?). Ital. scaraffare, ‘to snatch away,’ is borrowed from HG.