Etymograph

English

toolshelf

From tool + shelf.

A compound of tool + shelf

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)-p-

Proto-Germanic *skelfō ‘crag, cliff’

Proto-West Germanic *skelfu:

Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā

Old English sċylfe

Middle English schelfe ‘a shelf or ledge’

English shelf

Today it means

noun A shelf for storing tools.

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

Etymograph / toolshelf