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Where does “(s)kel(H)p-” come from?

(s)kel(H)p- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Ancestry of “(s)kel(H)p-”, step by step

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 “(s)kel(H)p-”

  • sculpture
  • sculptured
  • sculptural
  • scalpel
  • sculpt
  • sculpturesque
  • sculpturally
  • unsculptured
  • liposculpture
  • resculpt
  • photosculpture
  • sculpturelike
  • insculptured
  • scalpriform
  • sculptable
  • sculpturesquely
  • microscalpel
  • scalpellum
  • macrosculpture
  • auriscalpium
  • sculpturable
  • sculpturesqueness
  • sculpturist
  • resculpture
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