English
scug
Scug comes from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô ‘shadow, reflection’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ *(s)ḱuh₃-nés.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ *(s)ḱuh₃-nés‘(one's) shadow, reflection’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skuwwô‘shadow, reflection’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350skuggi
- Englishearliest quotation 1865scug
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ *(s)ḱuh₃-nés‘(one's) shadow, reflection’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skuwwô‘shadow, reflection’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350skuggi
- Englishearliest quotation 1865scug
Earliest quotation: 1865, Bracebridge Hemyng, Butler Burke at Eton: “[…] before the lower school scugs got there, and…”.
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ *(s)ḱuh₃-nés
Today it means
noun Shade, shadow.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ *(s)ḱuh₃-nés / scug