Where does “skâd” come from?

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

skâd (West Frisian): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “skâd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianskade—
2Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
3Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skadu →