Where does “adskille” come from?
adskille (Danish) comes from Danish åd, from Old Danish at, from Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic at, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
adskille (Danish): to separate; to segregate; to differentiate
Definitions
- to separate; to segregate; to differentiate
Ancestry of “adskille”, step by step
adskille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish åd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | åd | past tense of æde |
| 2 | Old Danish | at | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | át | the act of eating; food; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | at | at, toward, to |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via Danish skille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | skille | to separate; to separate, come apart; to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | skilja | to part, divide, separate; to break off, break... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skiljaną | to cut; to split, divide; to separate,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |