Proto-Germanic

*skalō

‘shell, husk’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *skalō.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *skalō, most familiar first.

• scale ← escale
• shale ← schale ← sċealu ← *skalu

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skalō