1 to Middle High German schel, schellic "springing up, starting up, excited, wild, noisy, great, slightly irascible" 2.Taken over for Schelle "clamp, bells" for someone who wore a bell on his cloth or named after the manufacturer 3.taken over as Schel "rogue, deceiver" 4 Comes from to a) Schell home (Schöllham) hamlet in Bavaria b) Schellhof, Weiler in Bavaria c) celandine, scattered houses in Upper Austria