Etymology

Schoch

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Lower Sorbian Čoch ← Polish czochrać
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  1. Polish · derived fromczochrać“to scratch, tousle”
  2. Lower Sorbian · derived fromČoch
  3. English todaySchoch

* As a south German surname, from Schock (“heap, haystack”). Compare Schober, Schock. * As a Germanized Slavic surname, from Lower Sorbian Čoch, also found as Zoch, from Polish czochrać (“to scratch, tousle”).

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