scheel

Meaning

  1. cross-eyed
  2. squinting
  3. with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃeːl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch.

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