Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skalu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skalō.

Noun

*skalu f

shell, husk

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skalu
Genitive	*skalā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skalu	*skalō
Accusative	*skalā	*skalā
Genitive	*skalā	*skalō
Dative	*skalē	skalōm, skalum
Instrumental	*skalu	skalōm, skalum

Descendants

Old English: sċealu (“husk”)
- Middle English: schale (“shell, husk; scale”)
  - English: shale
Old Saxon:
- Middle Low German: schāle
  - Plautdietsch: Schol
Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: scale
  - Dutch: schaal
Old High German: scala
- Middle High German: schāle
  - Bavarian: Schoin
  - German: Schale
    - → Serbo-Croatian: šolja
  - Yiddish: שאָל (shol)
→ Old French: escale, eschale
- French: écale
- → Middle English: scale
  - English: scale
  - Yola: skaulès (plural)