Where does “sċyld” come from?

sċyld (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic skuldi, from Proto-Germanic skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European skéltis, from Proto-Indo-European sḱel-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

sċyld (Old English): guilt, sin, crime, offence, fault, debt, due,...

Definitions

  1. guilt, sin, crime, offence, fault, debt, due,...

Ancestry of “sċyld”, step by step

sċyld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic skuldi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskuldiobligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt
2Proto-Germanicskuldizobligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskéltis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-to be obligated, owe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Old English sċield

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċieldshield
2Proto-West Germanicskeldushield
3Proto-Germanicskelduzshield
4Proto-Indo-European(s)keit-—

Words derived from “sċyld”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skéltis →