Where does “scoef” come from?

scoef (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle English skof, from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

Ancestry of “scoef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishskof—
2Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push

Words derived from “scoef”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeubaną →Every word from Middle English skof →