An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schule

by Friedrich Kluge

Schule, feminine, ‘school,’ from Middle High German schuole, feminine, ‘school, university,’ Old High German scuola, feminine, ‘school’; compare Dutch school, Anglo-Saxon scôl (scôlu), English school (Old Icelandic skôle, ‘school,’ is of English origin). Borrowed at the same period as the ecclesiastical words from Latin scôla, as pronounced in Romance scôla (with regard to Latin ŏ see prüfen); compare Brief, Dom, and Priester. —