An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schuft

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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Friedrich Kluge2509843An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schuft1891John Francis Davis

Schuft, m., ‘wretch, rascal, scamp,’ ModHG. only, formed from LG. schuft, Du. schoft, which is usually derived from LG. schuf ût, ‘thrust out’; comp. Du. schavuit, ‘rascal,’ lit. ‘scrape out’; hence Schuft, lit. ‘offscouring’?.