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schil.

peel, rind, skin, bark

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sxɪl/
  1. peel, rind, skin, bark

    feminine · masculine
  2. crust (soil)

    feminine · masculine
  3. shell (egg or mollusc)

    feminine · masculine
  4. slice

    feminine · masculine · obsolete
  5. membrane covering the eye; used figuratively in the absolute plural (de schillen) for (mental) blindness

    feminine · masculine · obsolete
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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