English
shallna
shall + na
Proto-Indo-European *skel- ‘to owe’
Proto-Germanic *skal
Proto-West Germanic *skulan ‘to owe’
Old English sċeal
Middle English schal
English shall
Today it means
contraction shall not
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shallna”. 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.
Etymograph / shallna