Where does “scilling” come from?

scilling (Irish) comes from Middle Irish scilling, from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic skillingaz, from Proto-Germanic skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

scilling (Irish): shilling

Definitions

  1. shilling

Ancestry of “scilling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishscilling—
2Old Norseskillingr—
3Proto-Germanicskillingazshilling
4Proto-Germanicskiljanąto cut; to split, divide; to separate,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skiljaną →
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