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Where does “schouder” come from?

schouder (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sculdero, from Proto-West Germanic skuldru — shoulder.

Ancestry of “schouder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsculderoshoulder
2Proto-West Germanicskuldrushoulder

Words derived from “schouder”

  • schouder
  • skouer
Every word from Proto-West Germanic skuldru →