An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schachtelhalm

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Schachtelhalm
Friedrich Kluge2509531An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schachtelhalm1891John Francis Davis

Schachtelhalm, m., ‘shave-grass,’ likewise from LG., for the MidHG. equiv. term is schaftel, n., a dimin. of the MidHG. word for Schaft.