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Where does “schoffel” come from?

schoffel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schoffel, from Proto-Germanic skuflō, from Proto-Germanic skublō.

schoffel (Dutch): hoe; shovel

Definitions

  1. hoe; shovel

Ancestry of “schoffel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschoffelshovel
2Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
3Proto-Germanicskublō—

Words derived from “schoffel”

  • scuffle
  • scuffling
  • scuffler
  • scufflingly
  • schoffelen
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