Scheldt
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The Scheldt in Antwerp
See also: scheldt
English
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”).[1]
Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish (obsolete) skäll, "thin".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scheldt
- A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 408:
- Perhaps as a child she watched for his ship coming up the Scheldt.
Translations
river
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References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “927”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 927