The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*xǫtь“quick”
- Middle High German · derived fromschore“steep rock”
- Middle Low German · derived fromschurren“to slide”
- English todaySchorr
* As a German surname, from Middle Low German schurren (“to slide”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle High German schore (“steep rock”); see shore. * As a Slavic surname, from Proto-Slavic *xǫtь (“quick”). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Shor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.