Where does “scáth” come from?

scáth (Irish) comes from Old Irish scáth, from Proto-Celtic *skātu, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

scáth (Irish): shadow, shade

Definitions

  1. shadow, shade

Ancestry of “scáth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishscáthshadow, shade; reflection; phantom, spectre
2Proto-Celtic*skātushadow, shade
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “scáth”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *skātu →Every word from Old Irish scáth →