Where does “scheel” come from?

scheel (German) comes 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,...

scheel (German): cross-eyed; squinting; with a crooked look;...

Definitions

  1. cross-eyed; squinting; with a crooked look;...

Ancestry of “scheel”, step by step

scheel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German schel

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

via Middle Low German schēle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschēle—
2Old Saxon*skelh—
3Proto-West Germanic*skelhslanted, crooked

Words derived from “scheel”

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