Where does “squirel” come from?

squirel (Middle English) comes from Old French escurel, from Vulgar Latin scuriolus, from Latin scūrius, from Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος, from Ancient Greek σκιά, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

squirel (Middle English): A squirrel; A squirrel fur or hide

Definitions

  1. A squirrel; A squirrel fur or hide

Ancestry of “squirel”, step by step

squirel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French escurel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescurelsquirrel
2Vulgar Latinscuriolus—
3Latinscūrius—
4Latinsciūrussquirrel
5Ancient Greekσκίουροςsquirrel
6Ancient Greekσκιάshadow; shade
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via Anglo-Norman esquirel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanesquirel—

Words derived from “squirel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek σκιά →