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Where does “scellen” come from?

scellen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skellan, from Proto-West Germanic skellan, from Proto-Germanic skellaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

scellen (Middle Dutch): loud sound

Definitions

  1. loud sound

Ancestry of “scellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskellanto sound
2Proto-West Germanicskellanto sound, clatter, ring
3Proto-Germanicskellanąto sound, clatter, ring
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “scellen”

  • schallen
  • aanschellen
  • schellen
  • schellekoord
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