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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German schilt, from Old High German scilt, scild, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keyd-, *keyt- (“shield, cover”).
Pronunciation
Noun
שילד • (shild) m or f, plural שילדן (shildn)
- shield
- sign