shallow

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kelh₁-“to parch, dry out”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skal-
3. Middle English · inherited fromschalowe“not deep, shallow”
4. English todayshallow

From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.

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