The story
- Hebrew · derived fromשפל“low”
- German · borrowed fromSchofel“worthless stuff, rubbish”
- English todayshoful
From German Schofel (“worthless stuff, rubbish”), substantive use of schofel (“base, mean, worthless”), representing the German-Jewish pronunciation of Hebrew שפל (shāphēl, “low”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.