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Where does “(s)ḱh₃-tús” come from?

(s)ḱh₃-tús (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Ancestry of “(s)ḱh₃-tús”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “(s)ḱh₃-tús”

  • shadow
  • shade
  • shades
  • shadowy
  • shady
  • shading
  • shader
  • foreshadow
  • schadenfreude
  • lampshade
  • shadowless
  • shadeless
  • eyeshadow
  • shadowland
  • shadowboxing
  • eyeshade
  • shadowlike
  • rainshadow
  • countershading
  • shadowiness
  • shadowbox
  • shadowgraph
  • shadiness
  • shadower
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