scabbard

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skēriz“blade, scissors”
2. Frankish · derived from*skarberg“sheath”
3. Germanic · derived from
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromeschaubert
5. Middle English · inherited fromscabard
6. English todayscabbard

From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.