Where does “scheletos” come from?

scheletos (Romanian) comes from Romanian schelet, from French squelette, from Greek σκελετός, from Ancient Greek σκελετός, from Ancient Greek σκελλώ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- — to parch, wither.

scheletos (Romanian): skeletal

Definitions

  1. skeletal

Ancestry of “scheletos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscheletskeleton
2Frenchsqueletteskeleton
3Greekσκελετόςskeleton; bicycle frame
4Ancient Greekσκελετόςdried up, withered; dried body, mummy; skeleton
5Ancient Greekσκελλώto dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch; dry, dry...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁-Every word from Ancient Greek σκελλώEvery word from Ancient Greek σκελετός