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
Ancestry of “Schëld”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | skild | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | skeldu | shield |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skelduz | shield |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)keit- | — |