Where does “scold” come from?

scold (Middle English) comes from Old Norse skald, from Proto-Germanic skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-.

Ancestry of “scold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskaldpoet, skald
2Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—

Words derived from “scold”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeldaną →Every word from Old Norse skald →
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