Where does “skúl” come from?

skúl (Pichinglis) comes from English squeeze, from English squize, from English quease, from Middle English queisen, from Old English cwȳsan — to quash, squeeze, crush dash against, bruise.

skúl (Pichinglis): school

Definitions

  1. school

Ancestry of “skúl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsqueezeTo apply pressure to from two or more sides at...
2Englishsquize—
3Englishquease—
4Middle Englishqueisento squeeze
5Old Englishcwȳsanto quash, squeeze, crush dash against, bruise
Every word from Old English cwȳsan →Every word from Middle English queisen →Every word from English quease →