[tied] Re: Schöffe I

> _schieben_ < OHG scioban, goth (af)skiuban; PIE *skeubh- "werfen,
> schieben" (throw, push)

Sw. dial. skjuva/skuva "push"

And cf. Da. skubbe "push", Dutch schoppen "kick"

> ***R
> English shove
> who knows, maybe *kaupaz if you think along the line of "pusher" or
> you envision 2 lines of goods being pointed to and thrown back and
> forth by different groups
> --as documented among Native Americans

OTOH cf German abschieben "push off/out, send away".

But if you think of some other known sense of "pusher", I think you got 'caupo' right.



Torsten