shelf, shelfe Probably from Old English <span class="searchmatch">scylfe</span>, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-. IPA(key): /ˈʃɛlf(ə)/ schelfe (plural schelfes) A shelf or ledge (a...
Sealey or a habitational surname from Selly Oak, which is from Old English <span class="searchmatch">sċylfe</span> (“deck of a ship”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to shelf...
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”), and therefore related to Old English <span class="searchmatch">sċylfe</span> (shelf) Cognate with Old Norse skjálfa. IPA(key): /ˈʃel.fɑn/, [ˈʃeɫ.vɑn]...
Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language. <span class="searchmatch">sċylfe</span>, sċilfe From Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-West Germanic *skelfu...
English Wikipedia has an article on: Shelton Wikipedia From Old English <span class="searchmatch">scylfe</span> (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton. enPR: shĕlʹtən, IPA(key):...
English Wikipedia has an article on: Skelton Wikipedia From Old English <span class="searchmatch">scylfe</span> (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/...
/ʃɛlf/ Rhymes: -ɛlf From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English <span class="searchmatch">sċylfe</span>, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā...