schil.
peel, rind, skin, bark
Meaning & usage
peel, rind, skin, bark
crust (soil)
shell (egg or mollusc)
slice
membrane covering the eye; used figuratively in the absolute plural (de schillen) for (mental) blindness
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schelle, schille, from Old Dutch *skella, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō. Cognate with Middle Low German schelle, English shell, Old Norse skel, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skalja).
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