schil

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) peel, rind, skin, bark
2. (feminine, masculine) crust (soil)
3. (feminine, masculine) shell (egg or mollusc)
4. (feminine, masculine, obsolete) slice
5. (feminine, masculine, obsolete) membrane covering the eye; used figuratively in the absolute plural (de schillen) for (mental) blindness

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of schillen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of schillen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of schillen:

schillen

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

shell

🐚

peel

husk

skin

bark

hull

rind

pod

peeling

screechy

jacket

shrill

paring

aril

lurid

Synonyms

schors

bast

schaal

🐚

dop

🐚

peul

🫛

bolster

boomschors

huls

🐚

korst

huid

eierschaal

Translations

Schale

casca

Rinde

cáscara

buccia

Borke

coque

🐚

Hülse

écorce

closca

escorça

crosta

crosta

corteccia

corteza

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sxɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: schelle

Inherited from Old Dutch: *skella

Cognate with Middle Low German: schelle

Cognate with English: shell

Cognate with Old Norse: skel

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰

In summary

From Middle Dutch schelle, schille, from Old Dutch *skella, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.
Cognate with Middle Low German schelle, English shell, Old Norse skel, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skalja).