# Scheldt

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ʃɛlt/ · frequency rank #93,121

## Definitions
1. A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

## Etymology
Derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *skala-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out, wither”).
Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish (obsolete) skäll, "thin".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scheldt