Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skelhaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

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

Adjective

*skelhaz [1]

squint-eyed, sloping, awry

Descendants

Old English: sċeolh
Old Saxon: *skelo
- Middle Low German: schēle
  - → German: scheel
Old Dutch: *skelo
- Middle Dutch: scelu
  - Dutch: scheel
Old High German: skelah
- Middle High German: schelch
  - German: schelch (obsolete)
Old Norse: skjalgr
- Icelandic: skjálgur
- Westrobothnian: skjalg
- → English: askile

References

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

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