sceadu
Old English
noun
Definitions
- shadow
- shade
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (shadow, shade) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (darkness, dark, shadow, grey).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)ḱeh₃-
Gloss
darkness, dark, shadow, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
陰, 影
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- scoto- English
- scotopic English
- katve Finnish
- Erdschatten German
- Lidschatten German
- Nachtschatten German
- Schatten German
- Schattendasein German
- Schattenseite German
- Schattenspiel German
- Schattenwurf German
- Windschatten German
- schattenhaft German
- schattig German
- überschatten German
- scoto- Italian
- σκοτία Ancient Greek
- σκότος Ancient Greek
- *(s)ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *skh₃tos Proto-Indo-European
- *skotwōs Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱyeh₁-mó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *hairaz Proto-Germanic
- *skadwaz Proto-Germanic
- sceadian Old English
- sċeadu Old English
- sċeaduwe Old English
- छाया Sanskrit
- scáth Irish
- scáthach Irish
- scáthaigh Irish
- scáthchruth Irish
- scáthán Irish
- Skaði Old Norse
- *scado Old High German
- scato Old High German
- scáth Old Irish
- schade Middle High German
- schate Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- שאָטן Yiddish
- *skadu gmw-pro
- skado Old Saxon