Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A skin disease. · The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease. · Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general. · The foul remains of anything adherent.
From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”), from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schurft, German Schorf, Danish skurv, Swedish skorv.
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