schovel

Middle English

Alternative forms

shovele, showell, shoule, shole, shovill, sovyll, schoffle, shevell

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sċofl, *sċufl, from Proto-Germanic *skuflō. Akin to schoven.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔvəl/, /ˈʃuvəl/, /ˈʃuːl/

Noun

schovel (plural shovelys or schovelen)

A shovel or spade; a scooped tool with a handle.

Descendants

English: shovel (dialectal shoul, shool)
- → Fiji Hindi: sabbal
- → Marshallese: jabōļ
Scots: shuffle, schule, shule, shuil

References

“shovel(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.

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