Etymograph

English

schelling

Schelling comes from Dutch schelling ‘shilling’, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną ‘to separate, distinguish’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kelH-‘to cut, separate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skiljaną‘to separate, distinguish’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skillingaz‘shilling (coin)’reconstructed
  4. Old Dutchc. 500–1150*skillingreconstructed
  5. Dutchc. 1500–presentschelling‘shilling’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1751same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kelH-‘to cut, separate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skiljaną‘to separate, distinguish’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skillingaz‘shilling (coin)’reconstructed
  4. Old Dutchc. 500–1150*skillingreconstructed
  5. Dutchc. 1500–presentschelling‘shilling’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1751same form

Earliest quotation: 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […]: “Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to cut, separate’

half, skill, shield, skull, shell, shale, shoal, halter, halve, hapa, shelve, 13 more

through Proto-Germanic *skillingaz ‘shilling (coin)’

shilling, schilling, skilling

Today it means

noun A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- / schelling

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