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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeldaną →