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

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)kelH-

1. to cut
2. to split, to separate

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the PIE root *(s)kelH-

• *skelH-ye- (full grade ye-present)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: šķelt
    • Lithuanian: skélti
  • Germanic: *skiljaną (“to separate, to distinguish”)
    • Old Norse: skilja
      • Faroese: skilja
• *skl̥H-ye- (zero grade ye-present)
  • Albanian: çel (“bloom, open, sprout”)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: σκάλλω (skállō)
• *skélH-tus
  • Germanic: (probably) *skelduz (“shield”)
• *kelH-tro-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: culter (“knife”)
• *skelH-yom
  • Germanic: *skilją
    • Old Norse: skil (“difference”)
• *skelH-yo-n-
  • Germanic: *skiljô
    • Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skilja, “butcher”)
• *skolH-yeh₂
  • Germanic: *skaljō
• *(s)kel(H)-p- (extended)
  • Germanic:
    • English: shelf
  • Germanic: *halbaz (possibly) (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: σκάλοψ (skálops), σκόλοψ (skólops)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: scalpō, scalprum
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: šķilt
    • Lithuanian: skìlti
  • Germanic: *skalō (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: σκύλλω (skúllō)