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Where does “sċilling” come from?

sċilling (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skillingaz, from Proto-Germanic skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Ancestry of “sċilling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskillingazshilling
2Proto-Germanicskiljanąto cut; to split, divide; to separate,...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “sċilling”

  • shilling
  • shillingless
  • shilingi
  • shillings
  • chelín
  • scellini
  • scellino
  • chelin
  • xelim
  • 先令
  • σελίνι
  • schilling
  • shilling
  • ch'lîn
  • chelin
  • shilingi
  • selen
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