skalli
Icelandic
noun
Definitions
- baldness
- baldhead, baldy
- a bald spot
- (soccer) a header, the act of hitting the ball with the head
- a crown, the top of the head
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse skalli (skull, a bald head, bald head) derived from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (shell, husk, scale, peel, rind).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skaljō
Gloss
shell, husk, scale, peel, rind
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kallo Finnish
- kallokuva Finnish
- kallollinen Finnish
- kallonkutistaja Finnish
- kallonmurtuma Finnish
- kallonpohja Finnish
- kallovamma Finnish
- kovakallo Finnish
- kovakalloinen Finnish
- paksukalloinen Finnish
- pääkallo Finnish
- schedel Dutch, Flemish
- schedelbasis Dutch, Flemish
- schedeldak Dutch, Flemish
- schedelloos Dutch, Flemish
- schedelvlies Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- skalle Norwegian Bokmål
- *skaljō Proto-Germanic
- skalle Swedish
- skalle Norwegian Nynorsk
- sciell Old English
- sċiell Old English
- sculle Middle English
- skalli Old Norse
- skel Old Norse
- skoltr Old Norse
- skalle Danish
- schedele Middle Dutch
- scolla Old High German
- zolla Old High German
- skedel Afrikaans
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *skallju gmw-pro
- *skala Frankish
- *skallju, *skallija Frankish