- sgal
- howl, shriek, yell, Irish sgal, Middle Irish scal, root skal, sound, cry; Norse skjalla, clash, clatter, skvala, squall, squeal, German schallen; Lithuanian skaliu, give tongue (as a dog); Greek $$Gskúlax, whelp: Indo-European root sqel, make a sound, allied to sqel, split, hit? Cf. Welsh chwalu, prate, babble, spread, root sqvel, sqval.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.