ETYM Old Eng. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling; akin to Dutch schelling, OS. and Old High Germ. scilling, German schilling, Swed. and Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh. to Old High Germ. scellan to sound, German schallen.
An English coin worth one twentieth of a pound.