sheltron

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*drew-“firm, hard, solid; strong; tree”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kelH-“to cut; to separate, split”
3. Old English · inherited fromsċieldtruma“company of soldiers, phalanx; covering; shed, shelter; tortoise”
4. Middle English · inherited fromscheltroun
5. English todaysheltron

PIE word *dóru From Middle English scheltroun, sheltroun (“group of soldiers or army in fighting formation, phalanx; battle, fighting; group of warships, fleet; (by extension) line or row of bones”) [and other forms], from Old English sċieldtruma (“company of soldiers, phalanx; covering; shed, shelter; tortoise”) [and other forms], from sċield (“shield; (figuratively) protection”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut; to separate, split”)) + truma (“band or troop of men”) (possibly from trum (“firm, strong; stable, steadfast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“firm, hard, solid; strong; tree”), *dóru (“tree”)). Doublet of shelter (which is the less conservative of the two).

Words from the same roots