Where does “skjalgr” come from?

skjalgr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

skjalgr (Old Norse): askew, wry, oblique, squinting

Definitions

  1. askew, wry, oblique, squinting

Ancestry of “skjalgr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskelhazsquint-eyed, sloping, awry
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “skjalgr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-Every word from Proto-Germanic skelhaz
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