shall
English
/ˈʃæl/, /ʃəl/
verb
Definitions
- (modal)
- (obsolete) To owe.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schal inherited from Old English sċeal inherited from Proto-Germanic *skal derived from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (owe, be obligated, be guilty, cut, be under obligation, split, shall, sound, must, ring, resound).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skel-
Gloss
owe, be obligated, be guilty, cut, be under obligation, split, shall, sound, must, ring, resound
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chell English
- na English
- nae English
- shalln't English
- shallna English
- shallnae English
- shan't English
- should English
- should've English
- shoulden English
- shouldn't English
- shouldnae English
- Sollbruchstelle German
- Sollwert German
- Sollzustand German
- soll German
- sollen German
- zal Dutch, Flemish
- zullen Dutch, Flemish
- *skel- Proto-Indo-European
- skulle Norwegian Bokmål
- *skal Proto-Germanic
- *skalō Proto-Germanic
- *skellǭ Proto-Germanic
- *skulaną Proto-Germanic
- *skuldiz Proto-Germanic
- sku Norwegian Nynorsk
- skulla Norwegian Nynorsk
- skulle Norwegian Nynorsk
- sċeal Old English
- schal Middle English
- scholde Middle English
- Skuld Old Norse
- skulu Old Norse
- skal Danish
- skulle Danish
- skulu Icelandic
- solen Middle Dutch
- sulan Old High German
- sal Afrikaans
- skula Faroese
- schȫlen Middle Low German
- skula Old Swedish
- schölen Low German
- *hal(i)m Proto-Albanian
- *štšela Proto-Albanian
- solle Pennsylvania German
- solle Central Franconian
- sa Sranan Tongo