schaal.
shell (of an egg or a nut)
Meaning & usage
shell (of an egg or a nut)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch *skala, from Proto-West Germanic *skalu, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.
shallow bowl
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skēlō, related to *skaljō (“husk, shell”). Cognate with German Schale (“bowl”).
scale (e.g. for measuring)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from German Skala and/or English scale, from Latin scāla. The earlier borrowing Middle Dutch scale (“ladder”) had become very rare or was even lost entirely in early modern Dutch, implying that it was later reintroduced in the contemporary sense.
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