Where does “schel” come from?

schel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German skelah, from Proto-Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Ancestry of “schel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanskelah—
2Proto-Germanic*skelh—
3Proto-Germanicskelhazsquint-eyed, sloping, awry
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “schel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skelhaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *skelh →