Where does “scheffeln” come from?

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

scheffeln (German): to accumulate

Definitions

  1. to accumulate

Ancestry of “scheffeln”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanscheffelinflection of scheffeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle Low Germanschüffel—
3Old Saxonskūfla—
4Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
5Proto-Germanicskublō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skublō →Every word from Proto-Germanic skuflō →Every word from Old Saxon skūfla →
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