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skràp.

to split, divide, break, crush etc. something-dat into something-acc [e.g. in two, into dust];
dat: to break, split, crush etc.

skrÌp. part, scrap, fragment

skriptexà. nuclear fission (⇐ ⇔ skràp texÌi. ‘split nuclei’)

Etymology

< NLem, LMLem, MLem skarp‑a
< OLem skarp‑
< PLem *skarf‑ ‘divide, separate’, root present of
< PIE *skerh₃‑

Cognates

Lit skiriù ‘divide, separate, distinguish’

According to the Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, this PIE verb has to be separated from *sker‑ ‘cut’ > Eng shear; PIE *skreb‑ ‘scrape’ > Eng scrap, scrape is also unrelated.