Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skalu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skalō.

Noun

*skalu f

1. shell, husk

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skalu
Genitive	*skalā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skalu	*skalō
Accusative	*skalā	*skalā
Genitive	*skalā	*skalō
Dative	*skalē	*skalōm, *skalum
Instrumental	*skalu	*skalōm, *skalum

Descendants

• Old English: sċealu (“husk”)
  • Middle English: schale (“shell, husk; scale”)
    • English: shale
• Old Dutch:
  • Middle Dutch: scale
    • Dutch: schaal
• Old High German: scala
  • Middle High German: schāle
    • Bavarian: Schoin
    • German: Schale
      • → Serbo-Croatian: šolja
    • Yiddish: שאָל (shol)
• → Old French: escale, eschale
  • French: écale
  • → Middle English: scale
    • English: scale
    • Yola: skaulès (plural)