Where does “skjell” come from?

skjell (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

skjell (Norwegian Bokmål): <br>; a mussel, shell; a scale

Definitions

  1. <br>; a mussel, shell; a scale

Ancestry of “skjell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskelshell
2Proto-Germanicskaljōshell; husk; rind; peel
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “skjell”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaljō →