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Where does “shawl” come from?

Shawl comes from Persian شال, from Sanskrit शाटी, ultimately from Sanskrit शाट.

shawl (English): A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a...

Definitions

  1. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a...

Ancestry of “shawl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishschalen—
2Middle Englishschaleshell, husk; scale
3Old Englishsċealushell, husk; shell, husk, pod; husk
4Proto-West Germanic*skalu—
5Proto-Germanicskalōshell; lump, ball
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “shawl”

  • shawled
  • shawling
  • beshawled
  • shawlless
  • shawllike
  • shawlette
  • Hirnschale
  • Schal
  • Schalenmodell
  • Schale
  • eierschalenfarben
  • Eierschale
  • Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher
  • schälen
  • Schalentier
  • Elektronenschale
  • abschälen
  • Waagschale
  • schalenförmig
  • ŝelo
  • arboŝelo
  • ショール
  • sjaal
  • szala
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