Where does “skaldic” come from?

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

skaldic (English): Of or relating to the skalds

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the skalds

Ancestry of “skaldic”, step by step

skaldic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English skald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishskalda Nordic poet of the Viking Age
2Old Norseskaldpoet, skald
3Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeldaną →Every word from Old Norse skald →
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