English
shavehook
From shave + hook.
Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- ‘to cut, split, form, carve’
Proto-Germanic *skabaną ‘to scrape’
Proto-West Germanic *skaban ‘to scrape, shave’
Old English sċafan ‘to shave, scrape, shred, polish’
Middle English shaven
English shave
Today it means
noun A tool used for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shavehook”. 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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