Where does “scade” come from?

scade (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skado, from Proto-West Germanic skadu, from Proto-Germanic skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

scade (Middle Dutch): Alternative spelling of schāde

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of schāde

Ancestry of “scade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskado—
2Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
3Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skadu →
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