Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *skrabā, from Proto-Indo-European *skrobʰ- (compare Latin scrobis (pit), Old English screpan (to scratch), Latvian skrabt (to scratch, plane), Polish scrobać).[1]

Noun

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shkrabë f

  1. scrawl, scribble
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkrabë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 422