An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schüssel

by Friedrich Kluge

Schüssel, f., ‘dish, platter,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schüȥȥel, OHG. scuȥȥila, f.; comp. Du. schotel, ‘dish,’ AS. scutel, OIc. skutell, m., ‘dish, small table.’ With regard to the meaning see Tisch, with which it was borrowed, probably contemporaneously (about the 6th cent.) with the adoption of Roman cookery, from Lat. scutula, scutella, ‘small dish.’ Comp. further from the same source AS. scutel, E. scuttle; also Fr. écuelle (scutella), Ital. scodella, ‘bowl.’