Where does “shawl” come from?

Shawl comes from Persian شال, from Sanskrit शाटी, ultimately from Sanskrit शाट.

shawl (English): A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a...

Definitions

  1. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a...

Ancestry of “shawl”, step by step

shawl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English schalen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishschalento shell
2Middle Englishschaleshell, husk; scale
3Old Englishsċealushell, husk; shell, husk, pod; husk
4Proto-West Germanic*skalushell, husk
5Proto-Germanicskalōshell; lump, ball
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Hindi शाल

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HindiशालShorea robusta or the sāl tree; a kind of fish;...
2Urduشالshawl; scarf
3Persianشالshawl; scarf
4Hindiदुशालाshawl
5Sanskritद्विशाट—

Words derived from “shawl”

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