Where does “skoddi” come from?

skoddi (Icelandic) comes from Proto-Germanic skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

skoddi (Icelandic): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “skoddi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-Every word from Proto-Germanic skaduz