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Where does “skuldiz” come from?

skuldiz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skéltis, from Proto-Indo-European sḱel-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

skuldiz (Proto-Germanic): obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt

Definitions

  1. obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt

Ancestry of “skuldiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskéltis—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “skuldiz”

  • shelter
  • Schultz
  • shelterless
  • shelterwood
  • shelterbelt
  • schout
  • shelterin
  • shelterer
  • sheltery
  • shelterbelted
  • sheltermate
  • enshelter
  • sheltron
  • sheltersome
  • unschuldsvoll
  • Unschuld
  • Schuld
  • Schuldsumme
  • schuldenfrei
  • Schultz
  • Schultheiß
  • Mitschuld
  • mitschuldig
  • Schulze
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