Where does “Scheelsucht” come from?

Scheelsucht (German) comes from German scheel, from Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Scheelsucht (German): envy; jealousy

Definitions

  1. envy; jealousy

Ancestry of “Scheelsucht”, step by step

Scheelsucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German scheel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanscheelcross-eyed; squinting; with a crooked look;...
2Middle High Germanschel—
3Old High Germanskelah—
4Proto-Germanic*skelh—
5Proto-Germanicskelhazsquint-eyed, sloping, awry
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via German Sücht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSüchtaddiction
2Middle High Germansuht—
3Old High Germansuht—
4Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
5Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Scheelsucht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skelhaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *skelh →
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