Where does “scherf” come from?

scherf (Low German) comes from French écharpe, from Middle French escharpe, from Old French escharpe, from Frankish skirpa — bandoleer.

Ancestry of “scherf”, step by step

scherf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French écharpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécharpescarf; first-person singular present indicative...
2Middle Frenchescharpescarf
3Old Frenchescharpebag; satchel
4Frankishskirpabandoleer

via Old High German scerf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscerfcoin
2Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

Words derived from “scherf”

Every word from Frankish skirpa →Every word from Old French escharpe →Every word from Middle French escharpe →