Etymology

schilling

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Today it means: The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen. Full definition →

German Schilling ← Proto-Germanic *skillingaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skillingaz
  2. German · derived fromSchilling
  3. English todayschilling

From German Schilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*skillingaz all →

shilling

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.