scathel
English
adj
Definitions
- (UK) Harmful; noxious; injurious; mischievous.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scathel (harmful) inherited from Old English *sceaþol inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz (harmful) suffix from English scathe.
Origin
English
scathe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ill-scathe English
- scathand English
- scathe English
- scathefire English
- scatheful English
- scatheless English
- scathely English
- scathy English
- skedaddle English
- *skaþulaz Proto-Germanic
- *sceaþol Old English
- scathe Middle English
- scathel Middle English
- *sköþull Old Norse