German Schäfer

← Middle High German schæfære (inherited)

← Old High German scāphare (inherited)

→ English Sheaffer (borrowed)

→ English Shaeffer (borrowed)

→ English Pastorius (borrowed)

→ German Schäferhund (compound)

→ German Schäfermatt (compound)

→ German Schäferin (suffix)

→ German Schäferstündchen (affix)

→ Finnish seefferi (borrowed)

→ Luxembourgish Schéifer (cognate)

→ German Low German Scheper (cognate)

→ Saterland Frisian Skeper (cognate)