Where does “shields” come from?
shields (English) comes from English shield, from Middle English scheld, from Old English sċield, from Proto-West Germanic skeldu, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.
shields (English): plural of shield; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of shield; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “shields”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | shield | Anything that protects or defends; defense;... |
| 2 | Middle English | scheld | A shield; An object that resembles a shield; Any... |
| 3 | Old English | sċield | shield |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skeldu | shield |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skelduz | shield |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)keit- | — |