Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skallju

This Proto-West 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.

Frankish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskælːija]

Noun

1. scale
2. shell

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *skella
  • Middle Dutch: scelle, scille, schelle
    • Dutch: schil, schel
      • Afrikaans: skel, skil
      • Negerhollands: skel
    • → Middle English: schelle, schele, shelle, scille (“scale, outer layer, surface chip”)
• → Friulian: scae
• → Old French: escaille, eschaille, escalle
  • Middle French: escaille, eschaille, esquaille, escalle
    • French: écaille
  • → Middle English: shelle, schelle, scele (“vessel, dish, drinking vessel”)
• → Italian: scaglia
• → Venetian: scaja