skel
Icelandic
/scɛːl/
noun
Definitions
- shell, husk
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse skel (shell) 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
- *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- skjell Norwegian Bokmål
- *skaljō Proto-Germanic
- sciell Old English
- sċiell Old English
- krákuskel Old Norse
- skalli Old Norse
- skel Old Norse
- skelfiskr Old Norse
- skæl Danish
- fiskur Icelandic
- harpa Icelandic
- hné Icelandic
- hnéskel Icelandic
- hörpuskel Icelandic
- mura Icelandic
- skelfiskur Icelandic
- skeljamura Icelandic
- scolla Old High German
- zolla Old High German
- skel Faroese
- zolle Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *skallju gmw-pro
- Tscholle Alemannic German
- skelj Westrobothnian
- *skala Frankish
- *skallju, *skallija Frankish