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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schicht

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Schicht. feminine, ‘layer, stratum, day's work,’ from Middle High German schiht, feminine, ‘history, affair, accident, arrangement, division, row of things laid on one another, layer, beds of soil, day's work (in mines)’; allied to (ge)schehen; see Geschichte.