schil

Dutch (Brabantic)

/sxɪl/

noun
Definitions
  • peel, rind, skin, bark
  • crust (soil)
  • shell (egg or mollusc)
  • (obsolete) slice
  • (obsolete) membrane covering the eye; used figuratively in the absolute plural (de schillen) for (mental) blindness

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch schelle inherited from Old Dutch *skella inherited from *skallju inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (shell, husk, scale, peel, rind).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skaljō

Gloss

shell, husk, scale, peel, rind

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

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