Etymograph

English

shell-pad

From earlier shell padde (“tortoise”).

A compound of shell + pad

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to cut, split’

Proto-Germanic *skaljō ‘shell, husk’

Proto-West Germanic *skallju

Old English sċiell

Middle English schelle

English shell

West Flemish pad ‘sole of the foot’

English pad

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shell-pad”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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