Where does “Schildknorpel” come from?
Schildknorpel (German) comes from German schild, from Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, from Proto-West Germanic skeldu, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.
Schildknorpel (German): thyroid cartilage
Ancestry of “Schildknorpel”, step by step