An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Scharte

by Friedrich Kluge

Scharte, f., ‘notch,’ from MidHG. scharte, f., ‘an opening or indentation made by cutting, hewing, or fracture; notch, wound’; comp. Du. schaard, ‘notch, potsherd.’ Allied to MidHG. schart, adj., ‘hewn to pieces, full of notches, wounded,’ OHG. scart, AS. sceard, E. sherd, OIc. skarðr, which were orig. da- (to-), partics. of scheren. MidHG. scharte, OHG. scartîsan, ‘skillet, pan,’ must, like their ModHG. corresponding forms, be kept apart from these cognates on account of their meaning, since they are derived from skardhâ (not from skarta), as is proved by OSlov. skvrada, skrada, ‘skillet, pan, hearth.’