Where does “scal” come from?

scal (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic skellan, from Proto-Germanic skellaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

Ancestry of “scal”, step by step

scal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic skellan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskellanto sound, clatter, ring
2Proto-Germanicskellanąto sound, clatter, ring
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Proto-Germanic skellan-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskellan-—

Words derived from “scal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skellaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skellan →