schovel
Middle English
schovel
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.