skel
Afrikaans
verb
Definitions
- to use insults, to swear, to hurl abuse
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish schelden (scold) inherited from Middle Dutch schelden inherited from Old Dutch skeldan inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną (scold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skeldaną
Gloss
scold
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gescheld Dutch, Flemish
- kwijtschelden Dutch, Flemish
- schelden Dutch, Flemish
- scheldpartij Dutch, Flemish
- scheldproza Dutch, Flemish
- scheldwoord Dutch, Flemish
- scheldziek Dutch, Flemish
- *skeldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skeldaną Proto-Germanic
- skald Old Norse
- schelden Middle Dutch
- skeltan Old High German
- party Afrikaans
- skeldparty Afrikaans
- skeldan Old Dutch
- skelda Old Frisian