Feminine
schaal
shell (of an egg or a nut)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sxaːl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch *skala, from Proto-West Germanic *skalu, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.
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