Where does “shallows” come from?
Shallows comes from Middle English schalowe, a word of uncertain origin and meaning.
shallows (English): plural of shallow; API pl; An area in a large...
Definitions
- plural of shallow; API pl; An area in a large...
Ancestry of “shallows”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | shallow | Having little depth; significantly less deep than... |
| 2 | Middle English | schalowe | not deep, shallow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *skal- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelh₁- | to parch, wither |