English

shelltoe

From shell + toe.

A compound of shell + toe

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

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show’

Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ

Proto-West Germanic *taihā

Old English tā

Middle English to

English toe

Today it means

adj shelltoes

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

Etymograph / shelltoe