Etymology

Scheuer

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle High German schiur ← Old High German scura
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The story

  1. Old High German · derived fromscura
  2. Middle High German · derived fromschiur“barn”
  3. English todayScheuer

From the German surname, from Middle High German schiur (“barn”), from Old High German scura. See modern Scheuer.

Words from the same roots

Old High Germanscura all →

equerry

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.