Proto-Germanic

*skelduz

‘shield’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *skelduz.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *skelduz, most familiar first.

• shield ← scheld ← scield ← *skeldu
• beshield ← bischilden ← besċyldian ← sċildan ← *skildijaną
• shielder ← schildere ← schilden ← scildan ← *skildijan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skelduz