Etymograph

English

Schild

Schild comes from Middle High German schilt ‘shield’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)keyt-‘shield, cover’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skelduz‘shield’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skeldu‘shield’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050skilt
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schilt‘shield’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchild
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)keyt-‘shield, cover’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skelduz‘shield’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skeldu‘shield’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050skilt
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schilt‘shield’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchild
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *skelduz ‘shield’

shield, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt- / Schild

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