écu
French
noun
Definitions
- shield
- (historical) écu
Etymology
Inherited from Old French escut inherited from Latin scūtum (shield, a shield) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skewH- (protect, cover), *skey- (split, cut, dissect, separate, distinguish, divide, part, shatter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skey-
Gloss
split, cut, dissect, separate, distinguish, divide, part, shatter
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
分
Emoji
🪓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Scutum English
- alloscutum English
- scutum English
- écu English
- scientia Latin
- scutra Latin
- scutum Latin
- scūtum Latin
- scūtārius Latin
- Scudo Italian
- scudo Italian
- σκεδάννυμι Ancient Greek
- *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kēi- Proto-Indo-European
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *skei- Proto-Indo-European
- *skewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *skey- Proto-Indo-European
- *skey-t- Proto-Indo-European
- *skey-to-m Proto-Indo-European
- *skeyb- Proto-Indo-European
- *skeyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaiþiz Proto-Germanic
- *skīdą Proto-Germanic
- *sceaterian Old English
- *cěpъ Proto-Slavic
- escut Old French
- scut Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- amcan Welsh
- shqyt Albanian
- escu Middle French
- escut Middle French
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- escudo Old Portuguese
- *skeyeti Proto-Celtic
- *skiyenā Proto-Celtic
- *skētos Proto-Celtic
- *skijō Proto-Italic
- escudu Asturian
- scût Friulian
- escut Old Occitan
- escudo Old Spanish
- ski Mòcheno