shilling.
A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
Meaning & usage
A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
Alternative form of schilling, a coin formerly used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
Alternative form of skilling, a coin formerly used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-der. Proto-Germanic *skiljaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-Germanic *skillingaz Old English sċilling Middle English schilling English shilling From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-West Germanic *skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling. Compare typologically Russian рубль (rublʹ) (akin to руби́ть (rubítʹ)), полти́на (poltína), полти́нник (poltínnik) (akin to Proto-Slavic *tęti).
present participle and gerund of shill
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