The story
- Old English · derived fromsċeaft“shaft, pole”
- English todayShaftoe
Habitational surname from two minor places in Hartburn, Northumberland, from Old English sċeaft (“shaft, pole”) + hōh (“heel; spur of land”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishsċeaft all →
shaft
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.