Stephen Berman wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:16:50 -0800 Randall R Schulz wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 13 December 2006 10:01, Geir A. Myrestrand wrote:
>>> Philipp Thomas wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:13:31 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>>>>> Schulz means "protector," or something of that ilk.
>>>> Let a German tell you that it doesn't ;-) I can only guess that it
>>>> is related to Schulze, which is an old term for mayor. So in the
>>>> end, you weren't *that* far away :)
>>> No need to guess, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulz
>> I wrote "policeman" first, but then after checking the association with
>> the SS, changed it to "protector." I'm guessing that a common root is
>> involved with all these various meanings.
>
> According to the etymologies I've seen, Schulze is a shortened form of
> Schultheiss, which literally means, roughly, the one who orders debts
> to be collected (Schuld = debt, related to English should).
The office of Schultheiß or Schulze (schout in Dutch) is a lot like that of the
mediaeval sheriff in England.
> Schutz
> derives from a word meaning to contain or damn in (water), related to
> English shut.
That's one meaning, but another one (a lot more common) is that of 'protection'.
("Darf ich Ihnen Schirm und Schutz anbieten?", R.W. Fassbinder, Die Sehnsucht
der Veronika Voss)
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