Where does “skiåld” come from?

skiåld (Gutnish) comes from Old Norse skjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.

skiåld (Gutnish): shield

Definitions

  1. shield

Ancestry of “skiåld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskjǫldra shield
2Proto-Germanicskelduzshield
3Proto-Indo-European(s)keit-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skelduz →Every word from Old Norse skjǫldr →
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