Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27996636-20181016133105/@comment-30523559-20181016210904

"Old English scæft, sceaft ‘handle, pole,’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaft, German Schaft, and perhaps also to scepter. Early senses of the verb (late Middle English) were ‘fit with a handle’ and ‘send out shafts of light.’"