Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skel-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Indo-European edit

Root edit

*skel-[1]

  1. to be obligated, owe
  2. to be guilty

Derived terms edit

  • *ske-skól-e (perfect)
    • Proto-Germanic: *skulaną (shall, be obliged)
  • *skel-éh₁-ye-ti (stative)
  • *skél-ti-s ~ *skl̥-téy-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *skuldiz (obligation, debt, blame)
  • *skél-ont-s (present participle?)

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN