Shabbed
/ˈʃæbd/noun
Affected with shab, a scabby skin disease, especially in sheep.
Did you know?Shab belongs to an old Germanic skin-disease vocabulary whose surviving relatives include “scab,” preserving a linguistic link between visible lesions and scratching.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skab-
“A root associated with scraping, scaling, or scabbing”
Old Norse
Old Norse
skabb
“Scab or skin disease”
Middle English
Middle English
schabbe
“Scab or a sheep’s skin disease”
16th Century
English
shab
“A contagious skin disease affecting sheep”
Modern English
English
shabbed
“Affected with shab; scabby”