*skelduz

Runic: ᛊᚲᛖᛚᛞᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈskel.duz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

shield

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *skelH-tús, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (‘to split’). Compare Lithuanian ski̇̀ltis (‘slice’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skelduz	skildiwiz
Acc.	skeldų	skeldunz
Gen.	skeldauz	skildiwǫ̂
Dat.	skildiwi	skeldumaz
Inst.	skeldū	skeldumiz
Voc.	skeldu	skildiwiz

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Descendants

*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skilt (Old Dutch)
  - schilt (Middle Dutch)
    - sjèldj, sjildj (Limburgish)
*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skilt (Old Dutch)
  - schilt (Middle Dutch)
    - schild (Dutch)
      - skild (Afrikaans)
*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċield, sċeld, sċild, sċyld (Old English)
  - scheld, schild, sheld, shild, shelde (Middle English)
    - shield (English)
    - scheld, scheild (Scots)
*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeld, skild, schild (Old Frisian)
  - skilt (North Frisian)
  - Skild, Schild (Saterland Frisian)
  - skyld (West Frisian)
*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skild, skilt (Old High German)
  - schilt (Middle High German)
    - Schüd, Schuid, Schüld (Bavarian)
    - Schëld (Luxembourgish)
    - שילד (shild) (Yiddish)
*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skild, skilt (Old High German)
  - schilt (Middle High German)
    - Schild (German)
      - ŝildo (Esperanto)
        
        shildo (Ido)
*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skild, skeld (Old Saxon)
  - schilt (Middle Low German)
    - Schilt (Plautdietsch)
*skeldu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skild, skeld (Old Saxon)
  - schilt (Middle Low German)
    - ? (Low German)
      - Schild (German Low German)
skjǫldr (Old Norse)
- stjöld (Elfdalian)
- skjøldur (Faroese)
- skiåld (Gutnish)
- skjöldur (Icelandic)
- skjold, skjøld (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skjǫldr (Old Norse)
- skiold (Old Danish)
  - skjold (Danish)
    - skjold (Norwegian Bokmål)
skjǫldr (Old Norse)
- skiolder, skiølder (Old Swedish)
  - sköld (Swedish)
𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skildus) (Gothic)

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