English
shadow witch
From shadow + witch.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘darkness’
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Proto-West Germanic *skadu
Old English sċeadu ‘shadow’
Old English sċeaduwe
Middle English schadowe
English shadow
Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to separate (out as holy)’
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Proto-West Germanic *wikkōn ‘to practice sorcery’
Proto-West Germanic *wikkō ‘sorcerer, warlock’
Old English wiċċa ‘witch, wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid,…’
Middle English wicche ‘witch, wizard, sorcerer’
English witch
Today it means
noun Any orchid in the genus Ponthieva.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / shadow witch