Where does “σκελετός” come from?

σκελετός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σκελλώ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- — to parch, wither.

σκελετός (Ancient Greek): dried up, withered; dried body, mummy; skeleton

Definitions

  1. dried up, withered; dried body, mummy; skeleton

Ancestry of “σκελετός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσκελλώto dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch; dry, dry...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither

Words derived from “σκελετός”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek σκελλώ →