*skadwaz

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᛞᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑð.wɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

a shadow

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃-tús, from *(s)ḱeh₃- (‘dark’). Cognate with Old Irish scáth (‘shadow’), Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos) (skótos, ‘darkness’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.skadwazskadwōz, skadwōs
Acc.skadwąskadwanz
Gen.skadwas, skadwisskadwǫ̂
Dat.skadwaiskadwamaz
Inst.skadwōskadwamiz
Voc.skadwskadwōz, skadwōs

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Descendants

  • *skadu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • scado (Old Dutch)
      • schāde, schāduwe (Middle Dutch)
        • schaduw, schad, schade, schaai (Dutch)
          • skadu, skaduwee (Afrikaans)
  • *skadu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċeadu (Old English)
      • schadwe, schadewe, schado, schadou, schadowe, shadewe, shadow, shadue, schadough, schadow, scaudu (Middle English)
        • shadow (English)
  • *skadu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċeadu (Old English)
      • schadwe, schadewe, schado, schadou, schadowe, shadewe, shadow, shadue, schadough, schadow, scaudu (Middle English)
        • schadow, schaddow, scaddow (Middle Scots)
          • shadda, shedda (Scots)
  • *skadu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skade (Old Frisian)
      • Skade, Skaad (Saterland Frisian)
      • skaad, skâd (West Frisian)
  • *skadu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skato, scato, skata, scata (Old High German)
      • schate, schade, schete, schatwe, schetewe (Middle High German)
        • Schatten (German)
        • Schiet (Luxembourgish)
        • שאָטן (shotn) (Yiddish)
  • *skadu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skado (Old Saxon)
      • schaduwe, schadewe, schāde, schēde (Middle Low German)
        • Schauten (Plautdietsch)
  • *skadu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skado (Old Saxon)
      • schaduwe, schadewe, schāde, schēde (Middle Low German)
        • ? (Low German)
          • Schade, Scharre, Scharr (German Low German)
          • ? (Westphalian)
  • *skadda (Old Norse)
    • skadda, skødda, skaddi (Faroese)
    • skodda, skoddi (Icelandic)
    • skǫdde (Jamtish)
    • skodde, skadda, skodda (Norwegian)
  • *skǫddu (Old Norse)
    • skadda, skødda, skaddi (Faroese)
    • skodda, skoddi (Icelandic)
    • skǫdde (Jamtish)
    • skodde, skadda, skodda (Norwegian)
  • 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus) (Gothic)
  • *katvëh (Proto-Finnic)
    • katve (Finnish)

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