Proto-Indo-European
*skel-
‘to curve, bend’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *skel-.
6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *skel-, most familiar first.
- shall ← schal ← sċeal ← *skulan ← *skal
- squeal ← squelen ← skvala ← *skwel-
- scelerat ← scelerātus ← scelerāre ← scelus ← *skelos
- scelestic ← scelestus ← scelus ← *skelos ← *skel-os ~ *skel-es-os
- scelerophobia ← scelus ← *skelos ← *skel-os ~ *skel-es-os
- scelerophobe ← scelus ← *skelos ← *skel-os ~ *skel-es-os
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skel-