Where does “scheef” come from?

scheef (Middle English) comes from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic skaub, from Proto-Germanic skaubaz — bundle, sheaf.

scheef (Middle English): A sheaf; A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of...

Definitions

  1. A sheaf; A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of...

Ancestry of “scheef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċēafsheaf, bundle
2Proto-West Germanicskaubbundle, sheaf
3Proto-Germanicskaubazbundle, sheaf

Words derived from “scheef

Every word from Proto-Germanic skaubazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic skaubEvery word from Old English sċēaf