Where does “scuffle” come from?

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

scuffle (English): A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close...

Definitions

  1. A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close...

Ancestry of “scuffle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschoffelhoe; shovel
2Middle Dutchschoffelshovel
3Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
4Proto-Germanicskublō—

Words derived from “scuffle”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skublō →