Where does “schedel” come from?
schedel (Middle High German) comes from Middle Low German schedel, from Old Saxon sceithlo, from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu.
schedel (Middle High German): skull
Ancestry of “schedel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | schedel | top of the head, head, skull |
| 2 | Old Saxon | sceithlo | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *skaidilu | — |
Words derived from “schedel”