French escarmouche

← English skirmish (link)

← English screen (link)

← Middle French escarmuche (inherited)

← Old French escharmuche (inherited)

← Old High German skirmen (cognate)

← Old High German scirmen (mention)

← Old High German skirm (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (derived)

→ English escarmouche (borrowed)

→ French escarmoucher (mention)