Where does “Schëld” come from?

Schëld (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German skild, from Proto-West Germanic skeldu, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.

Schëld (Luxembourgish): shield; sign, plate

Definitions

  1. shield; sign, plate

Ancestry of “Schëld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanskild—
2Proto-West Germanicskeldushield
3Proto-Germanicskelduzshield
4Proto-Indo-European(s)keit-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skelduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skeldu →