schelf

Meaning

1. (feminine) storage floor for hay or straw, often above a stable
2. (feminine) stack

Concepts

stack

pile

heap

rick

hayrick

haystack

Synonyms

hooiopper

mijt

hooimijt

opper

hooischelf

Translations

tas

Miete

Haufen

pile

meule de foin

meule

Stapel

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: scelve

Inherited from Old Dutch: *skelfa

Cognate with Western Frisian: skelf

Cognate with English: shelf

In summary

From Middle Dutch scelve, scelf, from Old Dutch *skelfa, *skelf, from Proto-West Germanic *skelfu, *skelf, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“crag, cliff, ledge”). Cognate with German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), West Frisian skelf, English shelf.