- sgoilt
- split, sgoltadh, splitting, Irish, Middle Irish scoiltim, inf. scoltad, Old Irish siuscoilt, scinde (St.Gal.Incant.), Cornish felja, Breton faouto, split: *sgoltô, split, root sqvel; Lithuanian skélto, split, skiliù, split; Norse skiljan, separate, German schale, shell, English shale, skill; Greek $$Gskállw, hoe, $$Gskúllw, tear.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.