Etymograph

English

scathely

Scathely comes from Middle English skathlye.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500skathlye1
  2. Englishtodayscathely1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English scathely

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500skathlyeWiktionary, English scathely
  2. EnglishtodayscathelyWiktionary, English scathely

Formed from scathe + -ly

Proto-Germanic *skaþô ‘damage, scathe’

Old Norse skaði ‘damage, harm’

Middle English scath

English scathe

Every English word from Middle English skathlye

Today it means

adj Harmful; scatheful.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scathely”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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