askile

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kel-“to lean, bend; joint”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skelhaz“squint-eyed, sloping”
3. Old Norse · derived fromskjalgr“askew, wry, oblique, squinting”
4. North Germanic · derived from
5. English todayaskile

From a- + *skile, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skjalgr (“askew, wry, oblique, squinting”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (“squint-eyed, sloping”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). Cognate with Icelandic skjálgur (“squinting”), German scheel (“cross-eyed, leering, envious, jealous”), Dutch scheel (“cross-eyed, squinting”), Old English sceolh (“squinting, oblique, awry”).

Words from the same roots