Middle Primitive Elvish
skel
root. *strip
skelmā
noun. skin, fell
skelnā
adjective. naked
skelta-
verb. to strip
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skel
root. *strip
skelmā
noun. skin, fell
skelnā
adjective. naked
skelta-
verb. to strip
An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. helda/N. hell “naked”, ᴹQ. helma “skin, fell” and N. helf “fur” (Ety/SKEL). The root was initially given as ᴹ√SKAL, and various forms had a >> e after ᴹ√SKAL >> ᴹ√SKEL (EtyAC/SKEL).