Where does “σκέλος” come from?

σκέλος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European skélos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

σκέλος (Ancient Greek): leg

Definitions

  1. leg

Ancestry of “σκέλος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskéloscurve, bending
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “σκέλος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skélos →