Where does “skæl” come from?

skæl (Danish) comes from Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

skæl (Danish): scale small plates of keratin on the skin of fish and certain reptiles

Definitions

  1. scale small plates of keratin on the skin of fish and certain reptiles

Ancestry of “skæl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskelshell
2Proto-Germanicskaljōshell; husk; rind; peel
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “skæl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaljō →