English
shaw
Shaw comes from Old English sċeaga ‘copse, thicket’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *skagō.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skagōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċeaga‘copse, thicket’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485shaw
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skagōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċeaga‘copse, thicket’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485shaw
Earliest quotation: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory: “All this herd sire Lamorak / and on the…”
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *skagō
Today it means
noun A thicket; a small wood or grove.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *skagō / shaw