schurft

Concepts

scabies

itch

scab

mange

eschar

scurf

scald head

Synonyms

scabiës

eczeem

roos

🌹

uitslag

scabies

Translations

Krätze

gale

sarna

sarna

sarna

mal de Sainte-Marie

scabbia

escabiose

scabiēs

rogna

Skabies

ronya

crosta

scabies

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sxʏrft/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Low German: schorf

Cognate with Old High German: scorf

Cognate with German: Schorf

Cognate with Old English: sceorf

Cognate with English: scurf

Cognate with Swedish: skorv

Cognate with Danish: skurv

In summary

From Middle Dutch schorf with paragogic -t (cf. burcht), derived from Proto-Germanic *skurfa-, derived in turn from the verb *skerfan-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
See also scherf, scherp; also with Middle Low German schorf, Old High German scorf, German Schorf, Old English sceorf, scurf, English scurf, Swedish skorv, Danish skurv.