Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skaidilu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *skaidlu

Etymology

From *skaiþan +‎ *-ilu.

Noun

*skaidilu f

1. a part (in the hair)
2. crown (of the head)
3. summit, top, apex

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skaidilu
Genitive	*skaidilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skaidilu	*skaidilō
Accusative	*skaidilā	*skaidilā
Genitive	*skaidilā	*skaidilō
Dative	*skaidilē	*skaidilōm, *skaidilum
Instrumental	*skaidilu	*skaidilōm, *skaidilum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: sceithlo, scēthlo
  • Middle Low German: schēdele, scheidele
    • German Low German: Scheidel, Schaairel, Schäädel
    • → Middle High German: schedel (possibly)
      • Alemannic German: Tschidele
      • German: Schädel
• Old Dutch: *skeithila, skēthila
  • Middle Dutch: scedel, scheidel, schedele
    • Dutch: schedel, scheel
      • Afrikaans: skedel
• Old High German: skeitila, sceitila
  • Middle High German: scheitele
    • German: Scheitel
      • → German Low German: Scheitel
    • Yiddish: שייטל (sheytl)
      • → English: sheitel