An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schramme

by Friedrich Kluge

Schramme, feminine, ‘slight wound or scratch,’ from Middle High German schram (mm), feminine, ‘sword wound’; compare Dutch schram, ‘scratch,’ Old Icelandic skráma, ‘wound’; allied to Middle High German schramen, ‘to open, tear open,’ schram, ‘hole.’