Where does “schattenhaft” come from?

schattenhaft (German) comes from German Schatten, 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.

schattenhaft (German): shadowy, fuzzy, vague

Definitions

  1. shadowy, fuzzy, vague

Ancestry of “schattenhaft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchattenshade, shadow
2Middle High Germanschate—
3Old High Germanscatoshade, shadow
4Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
5Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
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