Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “skald” come from?

skald (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-.

skald (Old Norse): poet, skald

Definitions

  1. poet, skald

Ancestry of “skald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—

Words derived from “skald”

  • scald
  • skald
  • skaldic
  • sunscald
  • scalder
  • antiscald
  • scaldeth
  • skaldship
  • rainscald
  • skald
  • skald
  • skjald
  • skáldkona
  • skáld
  • skáldaleyfi
  • leikritaskáld
  • ljóðskáld
  • sgall
  • skaldsøga
  • skald
  • skaldskapur
  • skald
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