Where does “scheel” come from?

scheel (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

scheel (Plautdietsch): squint-eyed

Definitions

  1. squint-eyed

Ancestry of “scheel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschēle—
2Old Saxon*skelh—
3Proto-West Germanic*skelhslanted, crooked
4Proto-Germanicskelhazsquint-eyed, sloping, awry
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skelhaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skelh →