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Where does “scoilt” come from?

scoilt (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic skoltā, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Ancestry of “scoilt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticskoltācleft, fissure
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 “scoilt”

  • scoilt
  • scoilteog
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