Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kel-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skel-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*(s)kel-

to bend, crook
bent, crooked
(bent or curved body parts) leg, heel, knee, hip

Derived terms

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*skél-os ~ *skél-es-os
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: σκέλος (skélos), τρισκελίς (triskelís)
- Italic:
  - Latin: scelus
*kōl-o-m
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κῶλον (kôlon)
*skél-ko-s
- Germanic: *skelhaz
*skelo-wero-
- Indo-Iranian:
  - Iranian: *šarawāra-
    - Persian: شلوار‎ (šalvâr)
Unsorted formations:
- Albanian: shkal
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: խուլ (xul, “deaf”) (possibly)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κυλίνδω (kulíndō), κύλινδρος (kúlindros)
  - Ancient Greek: κυλλός (kullós, “deformed, crippled, crooked”) (possibly)
  - Ancient Greek: κῶλον (kôlon)
  - Ancient Greek: σκώληξ (skṓlēx)
  - Ancient Greek: σκολιός (skoliós)
  - Ancient Greek: σκολίωσις (skolíōsis)
  - Ancient Greek: σκολίωμα (skolíōma)

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kel-

Proto-Indo-European

Root

Derived terms

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