shilling

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-der. Proto-Germanic *skiljaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-Germanic *skillingaz Old English sċilling Middle English schilling English shilling From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling. Compare typologically Russian рубль (rublʹ) (akin to руби́ть (rubítʹ)), полти́на (poltína), полти́нник (poltínnik) (akin to Proto-Slavic *tęti).

1. A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.

   “A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.”

2. The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
3. A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
4. The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
5. Alternative form of schilling, a coin formerly used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.

   “The smaller silver coins of Europe, such as the solidus or German shilling, the mark, and others never found their way east in any quantity on account of their small size and value.”

6. Alternative form of skilling, a coin formerly used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.

   “And without that profit an employee with my salary can make only a poor living and not be able to save one Danish shilling.”

verb

Etymology: See shill.

1. present participle and gerund of shill