Where does “skellan” come from?

skellan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic skellan, from Proto-Germanic skellaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

skellan (Old Dutch): to sound

Definitions

  1. to sound

Ancestry of “skellan”, step by step

skellan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic skellan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskellanto sound, clatter, ring
2Proto-Germanicskellanąto sound, clatter, ring
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Proto-Germanic skellan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskellan—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskel-to be obligated, owe; to be guilty
3Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

Words derived from “skellan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skellaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skellan →
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