Where does “silff” come from?

silff (Welsh) comes from English shilf, from English shelf, from Middle English schelfe, from Old English sċylfe — deck of a ship.

silff (Welsh): shelf

Definitions

  1. shelf

Ancestry of “silff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishshilfstraw
2EnglishshelfA flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to...
3Middle EnglishschelfeA shelf or ledge; A cupboard; a piece of...
4Old Englishsċylfedeck of a ship
Every word from Old English sċylfe →