FromMiddle High Germanschirm,scherm, fromOld High Germanskerm,skirm(“screen”), fromProto-West Germanic*skirmi(“fur, pelt, covering, screen”).
More atscreen. Comparescrim.
Schirm m (strong,genitiveSchirmesorSchirms,pluralSchirme,diminutiveSchirmchen n)
1Now rare,see notes.