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Where does “schedele” come from?

schedele (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skēthila, from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu.

Ancestry of “schedele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskēthila—
2Proto-West Germanic*skaidilu—

Words derived from “schedele”

  • schedel
  • schedeldak
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu →