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

  1. To burn with hot liquid; To heat almost to...

Ancestry of “scald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscaldento scald
2Old Northern Frenchescalder—

Words derived from “scald”

Every word from Old Northern French escalder →Every word from Middle English scalden →