Where does “Scharmützel” come from?
Scharmützel (German) comes from Middle High German scharmutz, from Middle French escarmuche, from Old French escharmuche, from Old Italian scaramuccia, from Frankish skirmijan, from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- — to caw, crow.
Scharmützel (German): skirmish
Ancestry of “Scharmützel”, step by step