Where does “sheaf” come from?

Sheaf comes from Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-Germanic skaubaz, meaning a bundle or heap.

sheaf (English): A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye,...

Definitions

  1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye,...

Ancestry of “sheaf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishscheefA sheaf; A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of...
2Old Englishsċēafsheaf, bundle
3Proto-West Germanicskaubbundle, sheaf
4Proto-Germanicskaubazbundle, sheaf

Words derived from “sheaf”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skaubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skaub →Every word from Old English sċēaf →