Etymograph

English

skilling

Skilling comes from Swedish skilling ‘a skilling (coin)’, 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 Norsec. 800–1350skillingr
  5. Old Swedishmodernskillinger
  6. Swedishmodernskilling‘a skilling (coin)’
  7. Englishtodaysame 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 Norsec. 800–1350skillingr
  5. Old Swedishmodernskillinger
  6. Swedishmodernskilling‘a skilling (coin)’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

half, shield, shell, shale, skull, shoal, halter, halve, shelve, hapa, 14 more

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

shilling, schilling, schelling

Today it means

noun A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).

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

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

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