Where does “skemill” come from?

skemill (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse skemill, from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamnum, from Proto-Indo-European skāp-, from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂p-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- — to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

skemill (Icelandic): footstool

Definitions

  1. footstool

Ancestry of “skemill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskemillfootstool
2Vulgar Latinscamellum—
3Latinscamnumstool, step, bench; ridge; breadth of a field
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskāp-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂p-rod, shaft, staff, club
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂p- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skāp- →