Etymology

intrashelf

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Today it means: Within a single shelf. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  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 todayintrashelf

From intra- + shelf.

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