Where does “*skal-” come from?

*skal- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- — to parch, wither.

*skal- (Proto-Germanic): testicle

Definitions

  1. testicle

Ancestry of “*skal-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither

Words derived from “*skal-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁-
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