Where does “scoilt” come from?

scoilt (Irish) comes from Old Irish scoilt, from Proto-Celtic skoltā, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

scoilt (Irish): split

Definitions

  1. split

Ancestry of “scoilt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishscoilt—
2Proto-Celticskoltācleft, fissure
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “scoilt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Celtic skoltā →