Where does “sċadu” come from?

sċadu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic skadu, from Proto-Germanic skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

sċadu (Old English): shadow; shade

Definitions

  1. shadow; shade

Ancestry of “sċadu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
2Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
3Proto-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 →