Etymograph

English

scraw

Scraw comes from Irish scrath ‘a turf’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentscrath1‘a turf’
  2. Englishtodayscraw1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English scraw

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentscrathWiktionary, English scraw‘a turf’
  2. EnglishtodayscrawWiktionary, English scraw

Every English word from Irish scrath

Today it means

noun A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scraw”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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