An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schindel

by Friedrich Kluge

Schindel. f., ‘shingle, splint,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schindel, OHG. scintila, f., formed from MidLat. scindula, scandula, ‘shingle,’ the sound of which was perhaps influenced by Gr. σχινδαλμύς. The word was borrowed from MidLat. about the 6th cent., contemporaneously with Ziegel, Mauer, &c. The MidE. form schingel, E. shingle, is peculiar. The Rom. languages preserve the a- form, Lat. scandula; comp. Ital. (dial.) scandola and Fr. échandole.