Where does “scato” come from?

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

scato (Old High German): shade, shadow

Definitions

  1. shade, shadow

Ancestry of “scato”, step by step

scato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic skadu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
2Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via Proto-Germanic *skadu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*skadu—

Words derived from “scato”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skadu →