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Where does “skellan” come from?

skellan (Old Dutch) comes 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.

skellan (Old Dutch): to sound

Definitions

  1. to sound

Ancestry of “skellan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skellan”

  • schallen
  • schellen
  • schellekoord
  • aanschellen
  • scellen
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