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Skate

2 stages from Dutch to English.

Today it means a boot fitted with a blade or wheels, used for gliding over ice or ground
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Stage 1 of 2
schaats
Dutch · medieval
"an ice skate"
the Dutch word for a blade attached to the foot for gliding on ice
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Stage 2 of 2
skate
English · 1600s
"a blade or wheeled device for gliding"
adopted directly from Dutch
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