Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skal-
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, divide”) or Lua error in Module:links at line 223: The specified language Proto-Indo-European is unattested, while the given term does not begin with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed. (see Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath, scabbard”), source of Latin coleus (“testicles”)).[1]
Noun
*skal- f
Descendants
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “923-927”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 923-927