An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schuppe

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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 Schuppe.

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2653195An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchuppeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schuppe, feminine, ‘scale (of fish, &c.),’ from the equivalent Middle High German schuoppe (schuope, schuppe), masculine, Old High German scuoppa, feminine. Compare Dutch schob, ‘scale’; a derivative of the Teutonic root skab (skôb), ‘to shave, scrape.’