Etymology

skoal

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Today it means: A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers. Full definition →

Swedish skål
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The story

  1. Swedish · borrowed fromskål
  2. English todayskoal

From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl".

Words from the same roots

Swedishskål all →

scullskol

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.