An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schaub

by Friedrich Kluge

Schaub, m., ‘bundle or truss of straw, sheaf,’ from MidHG. schoup (gen. -bes), m., ‘bundle, truss of straw, wisp of straw,’ OHG. scoub, m., ‘sheaf, truss of straw’; comp. Du. schoof, AS. sčeáf, E. sheaf, OIc. skauf, ‘sheaf’; allied to schieben. Hence Schaub is lit. ‘what is gathered together’; akin further to Schober.