Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kerbʰ-

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

Etymology

An extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut; to turn”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Root

*(s)kerbʰ-

1. to be sharp

Descendants

• *(s)korbʰ-o-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skárˀbas (“sharp”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *skarpaz (“sharp”) (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Lithuanian: skirbis
  • Latgalian: škērba (“fissure, slot”)
  • Latvian: šķirba
  • Proto-Slavic: *ščьrba (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *skrepaną (“to scratch, scrape”) (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skrapōną (“to scratch, scrape”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *skrobeis
  • Latin: scrobis (“ditch, trench grave”) (see there for further descendants)