Where does “shadow” come from?

Shadow comes from Middle English schadowe, from Old English sċeaduwe, a derivative of Old English sċeadu, from Proto-Germanic skadwaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-.

shadow (English): A dark image projected onto a surface where light...

Definitions

  1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light...

Ancestry of “shadow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “shadow”

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