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Where does “skado” come from?

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

skado (Old Saxon): shadow, darkness

Definitions

  1. shadow, darkness

Ancestry of “skado”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skado”

  • scado
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