Etymology

skollie

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Today it means: A hoodlum, a petty criminal. Full definition →

Afrikaans skollie ← Dutch schoelje ← Middle Dutch schoelie
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromschoelie
  2. Dutch · derived fromschoelje
  3. Afrikaans · borrowed fromskollie
  4. English todayskollie

Borrowed from Afrikaans skollie, from Dutch schoelje, from Middle Dutch schoelie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.