Proto-Germanic

*skuflō

‘shovel’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *skuflō.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *skuflō, most familiar first.

• shovel ← schovele ← sċofl
• shool ← schovele ← sċofl
• shovelard ← schovelerd ← schovele ← sċofl ← *skuflu

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skuflō