Where does “sceithlo” come from?

sceithlo (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu — a part (in the hair).

Ancestry of “sceithlo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skaidilua part (in the hair)

Words derived from “sceithlo

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu
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