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
Ancestry of “sċeald”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | skalidaz | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skaljaną | to peel, to shell |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skalaz | parched, shallow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelh₁- | to parch, wither |
Words derived from “sċeald”