Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaljō

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skolHyeh₂, from *(s)kelH- (“to split, part, divide”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɑl.jɔː/

Noun

*skaljō f

shell; husk; rind; peel

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *skaljō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skaljō	*skaljôz
vocative	*skaljō	*skaljôz
accusative	*skaljǭ	*skaljōz
genitive	*skaljōz	*skaljǫ̂
dative	*skaljōi	*skaljōmaz
instrumental	*skaljō	*skaljōmiz

Related terms

*skalō

Descendants

Old English: sċiell, sċiel, sċyll, sċyl, sċill, sċil, sċell, sċel
- Middle English: schelle
  - English: shell
  - Scots: schel, schell
Old Frisian: *skell, *skill
- Saterland Frisian: Skeele, Skiele
- West Frisian: skyl
Old Saxon: *skellia
- Middle Low German: schelle, schille
  - German Low German: Schille, Schill
  - → German: Schellfisch (compound)
Frankish: *skallija
- Old Dutch: *skella
  - Middle Dutch: scelle, scille, schelle
    - Dutch: schil, schel
      - Afrikaans: skel, skil
    - → Middle English: schelle, schele, shelle, scille (“scale, outer layer, surface chip”)
- → Friulian: scae
- → Old French: escaille
  - Middle French: escaille, eschaille, esquaille, escalle
    - French: écaille
  - → Middle English: shelle, schelle, scele (“vessel, dish, drinking vessel”)
- → Italian: scaglia
- → Venetian: scaja
Old High German: *skella
- Middle High German: schelle (Central German)
- ? ⇒ Old High German: scolla, zolla
  - Middle High German: scholle, zolle
    - Alemannic German: Tscholle
    - German: Scholle
    - → Italian: zolla
Old Norse: skel
- Icelandic: skel
- Faroese: skel
- Norwegian: skjell
- Westrobothnian: skelj, skälj
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skalja)

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