An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schieben

by Friedrich Kluge

schieben, vb., ‘to shove, push,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schieben, OHG. scioban; comp. Goth. af-skiuban, ‘to thrust away,’ OIc. skúfa, skýfa, ‘to push,’ AS. sčûfan, ‘to shove, push,’ E. to shove. The root skū̆b, ‘to shove’ (from pre-Teut. skū̆p), which appears also in Schaufel, Schober, and Schüppe, corresponds to the Sans. root chup, ‘to touch,’ with which Lith. skubrùs, skubùs, ‘quick,’ and skùbti, ‘to make haste’ (Aryan rout skub), and OSlov. skubąti, ‘to pluck,’ are also probably allied. See Schupf.