Where does “sċealu” come from?

sċealu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skalu, from Proto-Germanic skalō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

sċealu (Old English): shell, husk; shell, husk, pod; husk

Definitions

  1. shell, husk; shell, husk, pod; husk

Ancestry of “sċealu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skalushell, husk
2Proto-Germanicskalōshell; lump, ball
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 “sċealu”

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