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Where does “skeel” come from?

skeel (English) comes from Old Norse skjóla, from Proto-Germanic skeulǭ.

skeel (English): A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or...

Definitions

  1. A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or...

Ancestry of “skeel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskjólapail, bucket
2Proto-Germanicskeulǭ—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skeulǭ →