schelling

See also: Schelling

English

Etymology

From Dutch schelling.

Noun

schelling (plural schellings)

1. (now historical) A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for an impudent beggarly son of a whore; and taking out a schelling, flung it upon the pavement, with manifest signs of indignation.

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz.

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Noun

schelling m (plural schellingen, diminutive schellinkje n)

1. (historical) shilling

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: skelingi

French

Noun

schelling m (plural schellings)

1. Alternative form of shilling