Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skel-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kel-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*skel-

1. to be obligated, owe
2. to be guilty

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skel- (3 c, 0 e)

• *ske-skól-e (perfect)
  • Proto-Germanic: *skulaną (“shall, be obliged”)
• *skel-éh₁-ye-ti (stative)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skelḗˀtei
    • Lithuanian: skelė́ti (“to owe”)
• *skél-ti-s ~ *skl̥-téy-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *skuldiz (“obligation, debt, blame”)
• *skél-ont-s (present participle?)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skelants
    • Old Prussian: skellants (“guilty”)