scheel
German (Berlin)
/ʃeːl/
adj
Definitions
- cross-eyed
- squinting
- (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German schēle inherited from Middle High German schel inherited from Old High German skelah inherited from *skelh inherited from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (squint-eyed, sloping, squinting) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (bend, crook, joint, lean, curve, crooked, heel, cut).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kel-
Gloss
bend, crook, joint, lean, curve, crooked, heel, cut
Concept
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- askile English
- skolioromantic English
- skoliosexual English
- calcar Latin
- scheel Dutch, Flemish
- κυλίνδω Ancient Greek
- κῶλον Ancient Greek
- σκαληνός Ancient Greek
- σκολιός Ancient Greek
- σκώληξ Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *halbiz Proto-Germanic
- *skelhaz Proto-Germanic
- *skilgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *skilhijaną Proto-Germanic
- sceolh Old English
- skjalgr Old Norse
- skele Danish
- scelu Middle Dutch
- schulen Middle Dutch
- skelah Old High German
- խուլ Old Armenian
- schel Middle High German
- schiel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hall Albanian
- çalë Albanian
- *skelh gmw-pro
- *skelo Old Dutch
- schelen Middle Low German
- schēle Middle Low German
- *kall- Proto-Albanian
- *štšala Proto-Albanian
- schääl Central Franconian