An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schüssel

by Friedrich Kluge

Schüssel, feminine, ‘dish, platter,’ from the equivalent Middle High German schüȥȥel, Old High German scuȥȥila, feminine; compare Dutch schotel, ‘dish,’ Anglo-Saxon scutel, Old Icelandic skutell, masculine, ‘dish, small table.’ With regard to the meaning see Tisch, with which it was borrowed, probably contemporaneously (about the 6th century) with the adoption of Roman cookery, from Latin scutula, scutella, ‘small dish.’ Compare further from the same source Anglo-Saxon scutel, English scuttle; also French écuelle (scutella), Italian scodella, ‘bowl.’