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Where does “schouder” come from?

schouder (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schoudere, from Old Dutch skuldero, from Proto-West Germanic skuldru — shoulder.

schouder (Dutch): shoulder

Definitions

  1. shoulder

Ancestry of “schouder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschoudere—
2Old Dutchskuldero—
3Proto-West Germanicskuldrushoulder

Words derived from “schouder”

  • skouer
Every word from Proto-West Germanic skuldru →