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Where does “skyffel” come from?

skyffel (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German schüffel, from Old Saxon skūfla, from Proto-Germanic skuflō, from Proto-Germanic skublō.

skyffel (Swedish): shovel

Definitions

  1. shovel

Ancestry of “skyffel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschüffel—
2Old Saxonskūfla—
3Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
4Proto-Germanicskublō—

Words derived from “skyffel”

  • kihveli
Every word from Proto-Germanic skublō →