Originally Posted by threemiles
Also the "wind scissors" are a "wind shear", because in German "schere" means "scissors" and "windscherung" means "wind shear".
I think that was quite easy to realise, thanks. Also in English there are ranges of similar implements called shears, for garden use, sheep, surgery, dressmaking, metalwork ...
It appears that some of these translations have been done by automatic means, perhaps sometimes two or three times successively.