| ON | skufr | tuft |
| ON | skauf | fox tail |
| Dutch(o.liter.) | scoof | (Dutch schoof) tuft |
| Engl. | sheaf | bundle of wheat |
| Goth. | skuft | hair tuft |
| Germ. | schopf | tuft |
| Germ.reg. | schopfmeise | Crested Tit, 397 |
| Germ.reg. | schöppleinslerche, schopflerche | Crested Lark, 299 |
| Germ.reg. | shupsente, zopfente | Tufted Duck, 48 |
| Germ. | schöps | schafð4.4.20.4. |
| Engl. | heronshuf, heronsheugh etc. | Heron, 118. Certainly not from Fr. héronceau (in Greenoak) a literary name meaning "heron nestling" |
| Ukr. | skufja | small cap |
| Sbc.(fauc.) | iskufa | hood of falcon |
| Roman. | scofâlci | to dent |
| Roman. | scofalâ | advantage |
| Ital.: L.Garda | škufiom | (Germanic influx) Great Crested Grebe, 70 |
| Ital.: Rov. | škufieta | Crested Tit, 397 |
| Ital. | scaffale | bookshelf |
| Engl. | scaffold | raised framework; French échafaud, échafaudage |