Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skadu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaduz.

Noun

*skadu m^[1]

shadow

Inflection

Masculine wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skadu
Genitive	*skadwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skadu	skadwō, skadwōs
Accusative	*skadu	*skadwā
Genitive	*skadwas	*skadwō
Dative	*skadwē	*skadum
Instrumental	*skadu	*skadum

Derived terms

*skadwijan

Descendants

Old English: sċeadu
- Middle English: schadwe, schadewe, schadowe, schade
  - English: shadow, shade, shed
  - Scots: scaddow, schaddow, shadow, shade, schad
Old Frisian: *skade
- Saterland Frisian: Skade, Skaad
- West Frisian: skaad, skâd
Old Saxon: skado
- Middle Low German: schaduwe, schadewe, schāde, schēde
  - Low German:
    - German Low German: Schade, Scharre, Scharr
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Schiae
      Westmünsterländisch: Schatten
  - Plautdietsch: Schauten
Old Dutch: scado
- Middle Dutch: schāde, schāduwe
  - Dutch: schaduw; (archaic) schad; (archaic) schade/schaai
    - Afrikaans: skadu, skaduwee
Old High German: skato, scato m; skata, scata f
- Middle High German: schate, schade, schete, schatwe, schetewe m
  - German: Schatten
  - Luxembourgish: Schiet
  - Yiddish: שאָטן (shotn)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *skadu [...] *skadwa-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *skadu [...] *skadwa-”

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skadu

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