Where does “sċield” come from?

sċield (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic skeldu, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.

sċield (Old English): shield

Definitions

  1. shield

Ancestry of “sċield”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskeldushield
2Proto-Germanicskelduzshield
3Proto-Indo-European(s)keit-—

Words derived from “sċield”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skelduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skeldu →
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