Where does “scheffel” come from?

scheffel (German) comes from Middle Low German schüffel, from Old Saxon skūfla, from Proto-Germanic skuflō, from Proto-Germanic skublō.

scheffel (German): inflection of scheffeln: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of scheffeln: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “scheffel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschüffel—
2Old Saxonskūfla—
3Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
4Proto-Germanicskublō—

Words derived from “scheffel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skublō →Every word from Proto-Germanic skuflō →Every word from Old Saxon skūfla →
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