An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schöps

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Schoppen

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Schöps.

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2653390An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchöpsJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schöps, masculine, ‘wether, mutton, simpleton,’ an East Middle German and Bavarian word (unknown to Hessian, Rhenish, and Franconian), from Middle High German schöpeȥ, schopeȥ, masculine, ‘wether, mutton’; borrowed in the Middle High German period from Slavonic. Compare Czech skopec, ‘wether,’ Old Slovenian skopĭcĭ, ‘eunuch,’ allied to skopiti, ‘to castrate.’