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Where does “schelden” come from?

schelden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skeldan, from Proto-Germanic skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-.

schelden (Middle Dutch): to call, to name; to proclaim, to declare; to...

Definitions

  1. to call, to name; to proclaim, to declare; to...

Ancestry of “schelden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskeldanto accuse
2Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—

Words derived from “schelden”

  • schelden
  • scheldwoord
  • scheldziek
  • gescheld
  • skel
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