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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*skalu—
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”

  • shale
  • shaly
  • shaley
  • shalelike
  • unshale
  • šejl
  • schale
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