schelling

See also: Schelling

English

Etymology

From Dutch schelling.

Noun

schelling (plural schellings)

(now historical) A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 67, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541:
  Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for an impudent beggarly son of a whore; and taking out a schelling, flung it upon the pavement, with manifest signs of indignation.

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

schelling m (plural schellingen, diminutive schellinkje n)

(historical) shilling

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: skelingi

French

Noun

schelling m (plural schellings)

Alternative form of shilling

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