Etymograph

English

enshell

From en- + shell.

Formed from en- + shell

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to cut, split’

Proto-Germanic *skaljō ‘shell, husk’

Proto-West Germanic *skallju

Old English sċiell

Middle English schelle

English shell

Today it means

verb To enclose in a shell.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / enshell