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Where does “scharrelkip” come from?

scharrelkip (Dutch) comes from Dutch scharrelen, from Dutch scharren, from Middle Dutch scharren, from Old Dutch skerran, from Proto-Germanic skerraną.

scharrelkip (Dutch): free-range chicken

Definitions

  1. free-range chicken

Ancestry of “scharrelkip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchscharrelento mess around, to potter; to piece together, to...
2Dutchscharrento scrape
3Middle Dutchscharren—
4Old Dutchskerran—
5Proto-Germanicskerraną—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skerraną →