An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Scheibe

by Friedrich Kluge

Scheibe, feminine, ‘slice, pane, wafer,’ from Middle High German schîbe, Old High German scîba, feminine, ‘pane, ball, wheel’; corresponding to Old Low German scîva, ‘sphaera,’ Dutch schijf, ‘slice,’ Middle English schîve, ‘circle, slice’ (English shive, sheave), Icelandic skífa, feminine, ‘shaving, slice.’ Teutonic skîbô-, from pre-Teutonic skîpã-, is most closely related to Greek σκοῖπος, ‘potter's wheel,’ with which Greek σκΐπων, ‘staff,’ is usually connected. Modern High German Schiefer is scarcely allied.