Old Norse skald

← German schelten (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *skeldaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *skeldʰ- (derived)

← Dutch schelden (cognate)

→ English scold (derived)

→ English skald (borrowed)

→ Danish skjald (derived)

→ Faroese skald (derived)

→ Icelandic skáld (derived)

→ Polish skald (derived)

→ Russian скальд (learned borrowing)

→ Serbo-Croatian skald (derived)

→ Slovak skald (derived)

→ Swedish skald (derived)