Where does “wælsceaft” come from?

wælsceaft (Old English) comes from Old English sċeaft, from Old English sċieppan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

wælsceaft (Old English): a deadly shaft (of a weapon)

Definitions

  1. a deadly shaft (of a weapon)

Ancestry of “wælsceaft”, step by step

wælsceaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sċeaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċeaftshaft; creation
2Old Englishsċieppanto form; shape
3Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via Old English wæl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwælslaughter, carnage; the slain, a slain person,...
2Proto-Germanicwalazwounded; lich, corpse, dead body; battlefield
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skappjan →