Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kel-

‘to curve, bend’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-.

24 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-, most familiar first.

• cylinder ← chilindre ← cylindrus ← κύλινδρος ← κυλίνδω
• colon ← κῶλον
• chalice ← chalis ← calix ← *(s)kalik-
• scoliosis ← σκολίωσις ← σκολιόω ← σκολιός
• colic ← colique ← κωλικός ← κῶλον
• calender ← calandre ← calendra ← cylindrus ← κύλινδρος
• skelly ← *skjelga ← *skilgijaną ← *skelhaz
• scalene ← scalēnus ← σκᾰληνός
• scolex ← σκώληξ
• calcar
• kelch ← kelich ← kelih ← *kalik ← calix
• shail ← sceolh ← *skelhaz

More words from *(s)kel-

• antiscolic
• askile
• calixarene
• scolecite
• scolithus
• scolion
• scolite
• scolecology
• scoleciphobia
• scoleciasis
• skoliosexual
• skolioromantic

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-