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

a part (in the hair)
crown (of the head)
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
    - Afrikaans: skedel
Old High German: skeitila, sceitila
- Middle High German: scheitele
  - German: Scheitel
    - → German Low German: Scheitel
  - Yiddish: שייטל‎ (sheytl)
    - → English: sheitel