scall

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skallô
2. Old Norse · derived fromskalli“bald heard, skull”
3. Middle English · inherited fromscalle
4. English todayscall

Inherited from Middle English scalle, assumed to stem from Old Norse skalli (“bald heard, skull”), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”). However, the later form scald, coincides with Old Norse *skolð, Old Swedish skoldh, skold, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“scurf, rash”).

Words from the same roots