Proto-West Germanic

*skadu

‘shadow’

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

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

• shadow ← schadowe ← sċeaduwe ← sċeadu
• shade ← schade ← sċeadu
• overshadow ← overschadwen ← ofersċeadwian ← sċeadwian ← sċeadu

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *skadu