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Where does “σελίνι” come from?

σελίνι (Greek) comes from Italian scellini, from Italian scellino, from English shilling, from Middle English schilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic skillingaz, from Proto-Germanic skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

σελίνι (Greek): shilling; small coin

Definitions

  1. shilling; small coin

Ancestry of “σελίνι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscelliniplural of scellino
2Italianscellinoshilling; schilling
3EnglishshillingA coin formerly used in the United Kingdom,...
4Middle EnglishschillingA shilling or other silver coin , the value of...
5Old Englishsċilling—
6Proto-Germanicskillingazshilling
7Proto-Germanicskiljanąto cut; to split, divide; to separate,...
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
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