Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
3. Proto-Indo-European *-s
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
5. Proto-Italic *eks
6. Latin ex
7. Latin ex-
8. Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
10. Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti
11. Proto-Italic *kalēō
12. Latin caleō
13. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
14. Proto-Italic *-iðos
15. Latin -idus
16. Latin calidus
17. Latin caldus
18. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
19. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
20. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
21. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
22. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
23. Proto-Italic *-ājō
24. Proto-Italic *-āō
25. Latin -ō
26. Latin excaldō
27. Old Northern French escalderbor.
28. Middle English scalden
29. English scald
30. From Middle English scalden, assumed to stem from Old Northern French escalder (compare central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”).
31. Cognate with Old Swedish skalda, skolda, skolla, skala, Swedish skålla, Danish skolde, Norwegian skålda, skaalda, Icelandic skálda.
32. Also compare Old Norse skálda (“to rot, fall off, of hair”), to skalli (“baldness”), borrowed as Middle English scalle (“hair loss infection, rash, blistering”), English scall. See: Middle English '
scalden', Swedish '
skålla', Danish '
skolde', Icelandic '
skálda'.
Verbs referencing "scald"
Scots Gaelic
sgall, Swedish
skålla.