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Where does “skuldi” come from?

skuldi (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skuldiz, 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.

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

Definitions

  1. obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt

Ancestry of “skuldi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskuldizobligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskéltis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “skuldi”

  • schout
  • Schulze
  • skotoe
  • schout
  • scoutete
  • schout
  • scouthete
  • schuldheizo
  • skolthēti
  • skuldihaitijō
  • skowtu
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