English Explanatory Dictionary

Scheldt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Pronunciation

/ʃɛlt/ /skɛlt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Scheldt.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Scheldt2.wav

Word forms

Scheldt

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".

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