Where does “skald” come from?

skald (English) comes from Old Norse skald, from Proto-Germanic skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-.

skald (English): a Nordic poet of the Viking Age

Definitions

  1. a Nordic poet of the Viking Age

Ancestry of “skald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskaldpoet, skald
2Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—

Words derived from “skald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeldaną →Every word from Old Norse skald →