Where does “*skalu” come from?

*skalu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skalō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

*skalu (Proto-West Germanic): shell, husk

Definitions

  1. shell, husk

Ancestry of “*skalu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskalōshell; lump, ball
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “*skalu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skalō →