szelf.
shelf, continental shelf (outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean)
Meaning & usage
shelf, continental shelf (outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)-p-der. Proto-Germanic *skelfōder. Proto-West Germanic *skelfu:der. Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā Old English sċylfe? Middle English schelfe English shelfbor. Polish szelf Borrowed from English shelf.
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