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Where does “sculdor” come from?

sculdor (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic skuldru — shoulder.

Ancestry of “sculdor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskuldrushoulder

Words derived from “sculdor”

  • shoulder
  • shoulderless
  • shoulderbag
  • shoulderbelt
  • unshoulder
  • reshoulder
  • shoulderer
  • Shouldergate
  • shoulders
  • shoulderlike
  • shoulder-length
  • schuldre
  • solda
  • solwara
  • sol
  • solda
Every word from Proto-West Germanic skuldru →