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Where does “skadu” come from?

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

skadu (Proto-West Germanic): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “skadu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skadu”

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