Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “scūfan” come from?

scūfan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

Ancestry of “scūfan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push

Words derived from “scūfan”

  • shove
  • shover
  • shovegroat
  • shoveboard
  • shove ha'penny
  • shovable
  • shove off
  • shoven
  • schouven
  • schoven
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