Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skallju

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 *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”).

Noun

*skallju f

1. scale
2. shell

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skallju
Genitive	*skalljā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skallju	*skalljō
Accusative	*skalljā	*skalljā
Genitive	*skalljā	*skalljō
Dative	*skalljē	*skalljōm, *skalljum
Instrumental	*skallju	*skalljōm, *skalljum

Derived terms

• *skalljan

Descendants

• Old English: sċiell, sċiel, sċyll, sċyl, sċill, sċil, sċell, sċel
  • Middle English: schelle
    • English: shell
    • Scots: schel, schell
• Old Frisian: *skell, *skill
  • Saterland Frisian: Skeele, Skiele
  • West Frisian: skyl
• Old Saxon: *skellia
  • Middle Low German: schelle, schille
    • German Low German: Schille, Schill
    • → German: Schellfisch (compound)
• Old Dutch: *skella
  • Middle Dutch: scelle, scille, schelle
    • Dutch: schil, schel
      • Afrikaans: skel, skil
      • Negerhollands: skel
    • → Middle English: schelle, schele, shelle, scille (“scale, outer layer, surface chip”)
• Old High German: *skella
  • Middle High German: schelle (Central German)
• → Friulian: scae
• → Old French: escaille, eschaille, escalle
  • Middle French: escaille, eschaille, esquaille, escalle
    • French: écaille
  • → Middle English: shelle, schelle, scele (“vessel, dish, drinking vessel”)
• → Italian: scaglia
• → Piedmontese: scaja
• → Venetan: scaja