Where does “skjelle” come from?

skjelle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse skella, from Proto-Germanic skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-.

skjelle (Norwegian Bokmål): to scold

Definitions

  1. to scold

Ancestry of “skjelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskellato make to slam, clash; to strike, smite; scold;...
2Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—

Words derived from “skjelle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeldaną →Every word from Old Norse skella →