Etymograph

English

scherenschnitte

Scherenschnitte comes from German Scherenschnitt ‘the art of scherenschnitte’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentScherenschnitt1as Scherenschnitte‘the art of scherenschnitte’
  2. Englishtodayscherenschnitte1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English scherenschnitte

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentScherenschnittWiktionary, English scherenschnitteas Scherenschnitte‘the art of scherenschnitte’
  2. EnglishtodayscherenschnitteWiktionary, English scherenschnitte

Every English word from German Scherenschnitt

Today it means

noun An art of papercutting, cutting continuous paper designs, which began in Switzerland and Germany in the 1500s and was brought to Colonial America in the 1700s by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scherenschnitte”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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