Where does “skulō” come from?

skulō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

skulō (Proto-Germanic): troop; group

Definitions

  1. troop; group

Ancestry of “skulō”, step by step

skulō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷel-crowd, people
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “skulō”

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