skall.
a loud or shrill and widely audible sound or noise of any kind, especially such that produces an echo
Meaning & usage
a loud or shrill and widely audible sound or noise of any kind, especially such that produces an echo
a bark (sound made by a dog or a wolf)
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish skal, from Old Norse skall n, skǫll f, to the verb Old Norse skjalla (“clash, clatter”), from Proto-Germanic *skellaną or *skellǭ, originally “to sound (strong)” and thereof. Cognate to Old Danish skald, Norwegian Nynorsk skoll; Middle Low German schal; Old High German scal, German Schall; Dutch schal.
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