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schellen.

to peel

8 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈsxɛ.lə(n)/
  1. to peel

    dated · transitive
  2. to be peeled

    dated · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Cognate with schillen.

verb/ˈsxɛ.lə(n)/
  1. to ring a bell

    intransitive
  2. to summon by ringing a bell

    transitive
  3. to make the sound of a bell

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch scellen, from Old Dutch skellan, from Proto-Germanic *skellan, *skaljan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skel-, from *kelh₁- (“to call, to shout, to make noise, to sound”) with an extra s-mobile.

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