Where does “sċeald” come from?

sċeald (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skalidaz, from Proto-Germanic skaljaną, from Proto-Germanic skalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- — to parch, wither.

sċeald (Old English): shallow

Definitions

  1. shallow

Ancestry of “sċeald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskalidaz—
2Proto-Germanicskaljanąto peel, to shell
3Proto-Germanicskalazparched, shallow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither

Words derived from “sċeald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skalaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaljaną →