Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skallju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

scale
shell

Declension

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

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
  - → Middle English: schelle, schele, shelle, scille (“scale, outer layer, surface chip”)
Old High German: *skella
- Middle High German: schelle (Central German)
- ? ⇒ Old High German: scolla, zolla
  - Middle High German: scholle, zolle
    - Alemannic German: Tscholle
    - German: Scholle
    - → Italian: zolla
→ Friulian: scae
→ Old French: escaille
- Middle French: escaille, eschaille, esquaille, escalle
  - French: écaille
- → Middle English: shelle, schelle, scele (“vessel, dish, drinking vessel”)
→ Italian: scaglia
→ Venetian: scaja