Where does “Schatten” come from?

Schatten (German) comes from Middle High German schate, from Old High German scato, from Proto-West Germanic skadu, from Proto-Germanic skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Schatten (German): shade, shadow

Definitions

  1. shade, shadow

Ancestry of “Schatten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschate—
2Old High Germanscatoshade, shadow
3Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
4Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “Schatten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →