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. squint-eyed, sloping, awry

Declension

Declension of *skelhaz (a-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*skelhaz	*skilhai	*skelhō	*skelhôz	*skelhą, *-at(ō)	*skelhō
accusative	*skelhanǭ	*skelhanz	*skelhǭ	*skelhōz	*skelhą, *-at(ō)	*skelhō
genitive	*skelhas, *skilhis	*skilhaizǫ̂	*skilhaizōz	*skilhaizǫ̂	*skelhas, *skilhis	*skilhaizǫ̂
dative	*skelhammai	*skilhaimaz	*skilhaizōi	*skilhaimaz	*skelhammai	*skilhaimaz
instrumental	*skelhanō	*skilhaimiz	*skilhaizō	*skilhaimiz	*skelhanō	*skilhaimiz
weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*skelhô	*skelhaniz	*skelhǭ	*skelhōniz	*skelhô	*skelhōnō
accusative	*skelhanų	*skelhanunz	*skelhōnų	*skelhōnunz	*skelhô	*skelhōnō
genitive	*skilhiniz	*skelhanǫ̂	*skelhōniz	*skelhōnǫ̂	*skilhiniz	*skelhanǫ̂
dative	*skilhini	*skelhammaz	*skelhōni	*skelhōmaz	*skilhini	*skelhammaz
instrumental	*skilhinē	*skelhammiz	*skelhōnē	*skelhōmiz	*skilhinē	*skelhammiz

Descendants

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