Etymology

shalt

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Middle English schalt ← Old English sċealt ← Proto-West Germanic *skalt
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skalt
  2. Old English · inherited fromsċealt
  3. Middle English · inherited fromschalt
  4. English todayshalt

From Middle English schalt, from Old English sċealt, from Proto-West Germanic *skalt. Compare wilt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.