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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skelhaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *skelhwaz, *skelgaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (to lean, bend; joint).

Adjective

*skelhaz[1]

  1. squint-eyed, sloping, awry

Declension


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skelh
    • Old English: sċeolh, sċeol
      • Old English: sċeolhēagede, sċylhēagede, sċelgegede
        • Middle English: sculeiȝede
    • Old Saxon: *skelh, *skel
    • Old Dutch: *skelh, *skel
    • Old High German: skelah
      • Middle High German: schelh, schelch, schel, schelwe, schelb
        • German: schelch (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: skjalgr
    • Icelandic: skjálgur
    • English: askile

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skelha- ~ *skelga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
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