scald

scald · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
3. Proto-Italic*eks
4. Latinex
5. Latinex-
6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱleh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti
8. Proto-Italic*kalēō
9. Latincaleō
10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
11. Latincalidus
12. Latincaldus
13. Latinexcaldō
14. Old Northern Frenchescalder
15. Middle Englishscalden
16. English todayscald

From Middle English scalden, assumed to stem from Old Northern French escalder (compare central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”). Cognate with Old Swedish skalda, skolda, skolla, skala, Swedish skålla, Danish skolde, Norwegian skålda, skaalda, Icelandic skálda. Also compare Old Norse skálda (“to rot, fall off, of hair”), to skalli (“baldness”), borrowed as Middle English scalle (“hair loss infection, rash, blistering”), English scall.

scald · noun, adjective²

Alteration of scall or scalled. Compare cognate Old Swedish skold, skoldh, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“rash”).