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Where does “skamilaz” come from?

skamilaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Latin scamellum, from Latin scabellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “skamilaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscamellum—
2Latinscabellumfootstool; a kind of percussion instrument played...
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “skamilaz”

  • shambling
  • shamble
  • shambler
  • shamblingly
  • shambly
  • schamel
  • shamyll
  • schambyll
  • scamol
  • sċeamol
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →