Old English sceafa

← Old English sċafa (alter)

← Old English Scef (alter)

← Old English Sceaf (alter)

← German Schabe (cognate)

← Middle Dutch schave (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *skabô (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *skaubaz (inherited)

← Old High German scaba (cognate)

← Dutch schaaf (cognate)

→ English shave (inherited)

→ Middle English shave (inherited)

→ Middle English schave (inherited)