Where does “scufflingly” come from?

scufflingly (English) comes from English scuffling, from English scuffle, from Dutch schoffel, from Middle Dutch schoffel, from Proto-Germanic skuflō, from Proto-Germanic skublō.

scufflingly (English): With a scuffling sound or motion

Definitions

  1. With a scuffling sound or motion

Ancestry of “scufflingly”, step by step

scufflingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scuffling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishscufflingpresent participle of scuffle; a confused...
2EnglishscuffleA rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close...
3Dutchschoffelhoe; shovel
4Middle Dutchschoffelshovel
5Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
6Proto-Germanicskublō—

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Germanic skublō →