Where does “scuffling” come from?

Scuffling derives from English scuffle, which comes from Dutch schoffel, traced through Middle Dutch schoffel and Proto-Germanic skuflō to Proto-Germanic skublō.

scuffling (English): present participle of scuffle; a confused...

Definitions

  1. present participle of scuffle; a confused...

Ancestry of “scuffling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscuffleA rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close...
2Dutchschoffelhoe; shovel
3Middle Dutchschoffelshovel
4Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
5Proto-Germanicskublō—

Words derived from “scuffling”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skublō →