Where does “scald” come from?
Scald comes from Icelandic skalli, from Old Norse skalli, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-, though the semantic connection between these forms and the modern English meaning remains unclear.
scald (English): To burn with hot liquid; To heat almost to...
Definitions
- To burn with hot liquid; To heat almost to...
Ancestry of “scald”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scalden | — |
| 2 | Old Northern French | escalder | — |
Words derived from “scald”