An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schellfisch

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2528410An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchellfischJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schellfisch, masculine, ‘codfish, haddock,’ Modern High German only, formed from Low German and Dutch schelvisch; allied to Dutch schel, ‘shell,’ English shell; so called “because the cod lives chiefly on shellfish”?. See Schale.