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Where does “scalden” come from?

scalden (Middle English) comes from Old Northern French escalder.

Ancestry of “scalden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchescalder—

Words derived from “scalden”

  • scald
  • sunscald
  • scalder
  • antiscald
  • scaldeth
  • rainscald
  • sgall
Every word from Old Northern French escalder →