A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɛlt/
Etymology
Derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *skala-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out, wither”).
Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish (obsolete) skäll, "thin".