Where does “schedel” come from?

schedel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schedele, from Old Dutch skēthila, from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu — a part (in the hair).

schedel (Dutch): skull; death's-head; mound's crest or crown

Definitions

  1. skull; death's-head; mound's crest or crown

Ancestry of “schedel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschedele—
2Old Dutchskēthilacrown, top of the head
3Proto-West Germanic*skaidilua part (in the hair)

Words derived from “schedel”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu →Every word from Old Dutch skēthila →Every word from Middle Dutch schedele →