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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | skald | poet, skald |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skeldaną | to scold |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | skeldʰ- | — |
Words derived from “scold”