Where does “sunshade” come from?

Sunshade comes from Middle English sunschade, from Old English sunsceadu, a compound of sun and shade.

sunshade (English): Something to keep the sun off, or create shade...

Definitions

  1. Something to keep the sun off, or create shade...

Ancestry of “sunshade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsunschade—
2Old Englishsunsceadusunshade
3Old Englishsċeadushadow, shade; darkness; protection
4Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
5Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “sunshade”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skadu →