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Where does “schouw” come from?
schouw (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schoude, from Old Dutch *scalda.
schouw
(Dutch): fireplace
Definitions
fireplace
Ancestry of “schouw”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle Dutch
schoude
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2
Old Dutch
*scalda
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Words derived from “schouw”
scow
dijkschouw
schouwspeler
boekenschouw
mudscow
scowman
Every word from Old Dutch *scalda →