Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “schūfele” come from?

schūfele (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scūvala, from Proto-Germanic skuflō, from Proto-Germanic skublō.

Ancestry of “schūfele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscūvala—
2Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
3Proto-Germanicskublō—

Words derived from “schūfele”

  • schaufelförmig
  • Schaufel
Every word from Proto-Germanic skublō →