Where does “sceolu” come from?

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

sceolu (Old English): Alternative form of sċolu

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sċolu

Ancestry of “sceolu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skōluschool
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “sceolu”

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