Etymograph

English

Shaff

Shaff comes from German Schaff ‘wooden container, tub, barrel’, from Middle High German schaf ‘sheep’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skapą ‘shape’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skapą‘shape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skap‘shape’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050scaf‘sheep’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schaf‘sheep’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSchaff‘wooden container, tub, barrel’
  6. EnglishtodayShaff

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skapą‘shape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skap‘shape’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050scaf‘sheep’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schaf‘sheep’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSchaff‘wooden container, tub, barrel’
  6. EnglishtodayShaff

The story

Americanized spelling of German Schaff.

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *skapą

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skapą / Shaff

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