Schemel

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German schemel, Old High German scamal. Derived from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum. Cognate with Old Saxon fōtscamel (“footstool”), Old English sċamol, Dutch schabel (“stool”), French escabelle, Italian sgabello.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

Schemel m (genitive Schemels, plural Schemel)

  1. stool

Declension

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Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schemel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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