An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schürfen

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

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2653201An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schürfenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schürfen, verb, ‘to scratch, scrape, dig,’ from Middle High German schürfen, schürpfen, ‘to cut up,’ to which schürfœre, ‘flayer, executioner,’ Old High German scurfen, ‘to cut up,’ and Anglo-Saxon scrëpan, sceorpan, are allied. Probably connected with the root skrëp, skërp, ‘to be sharp.’ See scharf, schrappen, and schröpfen.