Where does “Schädel” come from?

Schädel (German) comes from Middle High German schedel, from Middle Low German schedel, from Old Saxon sceithlo, from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu — a part (in the hair).

Schädel (German): skull; a headache, particularly one due to...

Definitions

  1. skull; a headache, particularly one due to...

Ancestry of “Schädel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschedelskull
2Middle Low Germanschedeltop of the head, head, skull
3Old Saxonsceithlo—
4Proto-West Germanic*skaidilua part (in the hair)

Words derived from “Schädel”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu →Every word from Old Saxon sceithlo →Every word from Middle Low German schedel →