Etymology

beamshelf

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Today it means: The structure that supports each end of a crossbeam Full definition →

English shelf ← Middle English schelfe ← Old English sċylfe?
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*bagmaz?
  2. Proto-West Germanic*baum
  3. Old Englishbēam
  4. Middle Englishbem
  5. Englishbeam
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kel(H)-p-
  8. Proto-Germanic*skelfō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*skelfu:
  10. Proto-West Germanic*skilfijā
  11. Old Englishsċylfe?
  12. Middle Englishschelfe
  13. Englishshelf
  14. English todaybeamshelf

From beam + shelf.

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