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)

1. 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.