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English

schilling

Schilling comes from Old High German skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz ‘shilling (coin)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to cut, separate’.

  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 High Germanc. 750–1050skilling
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schillinc
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchilling
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1957schilling

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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 High Germanc. 750–1050skilling
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schillinc
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchilling
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1957schilling

Earliest quotation: 1957, Railway Literature: “Die Zwölf Besten Züge Europas. (The Twelve Best Trains…”

Linked words

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

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

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

shilling, skilling, schelling

Today it means

noun The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen.

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

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

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