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Etymology
From, from , from , from.

This verb originally meant 'to scratch, carve'. In West Germanic languages, its meaning started to diversify following the different dialects. While Old English and Old Saxon kept the meaning of 'carve', which then evolved into 'write', Old Dutch, Old Frisian and Old High German kept the meaning 'to scratch', and then developed it further. In Middle Dutch, the verb meant 'to turn, shave, plane' (of wood, as performed by turners), which evolved into its modern Dutch meaning, 'to argue, quarrel, have a split, strike'. In Dutch, it is no longer current.

The verb should not be confused with, which ultimately comes from Proto-Germanic. In German, the verbs descended from *hrītaną and merged into one:.

Verb

 * 1)  to argue, quarrel