- (s)kel-2
- (s)kel-2English meaning: to be guilty, to oweDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘schuldig sein, schulden, sollen”Note: only Gmc. and balto-Slav.Material: Goth. skulan, O.Ice. skulu, O.E. sculan, O.H.G. scolan ‘schuldig sein, mũssen, sollen”, newer also solan, Ger. sollen; O.E. scyld f. “blame”, O.H.G. O.Ice. skuld ds.; Goth. skula m. ‘schuldner”; O.Lith. skelù and Lith. skeliù, -e ́ti ‘schuldig sein”, skylù, (*skįlù ), skìlti “in Schulden geraten”, skolà “blame”; O.Pruss. skellünts “culpable”, ablaut. skallīsnan f. acc. “ obligation “, poskulīt (paskollēt) “ermahnen”; without s-: Lith. kalte ̃ “blame”, kal̃tas “culpable”.References: WP. II 596, Trautmann 264 f.;See also: compare (s)kel-4?
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.