English
shroud
Shroud comes from Old English sċrūd ‘garment’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *skrūdą ‘shroud, dress, attire’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skrūdą‘shroud, dress, attire’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċrūd‘garment’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500shroud
- Englishearliest quotation 1554same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skrūdą‘shroud, dress, attire’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċrūd‘garment’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500shroud
- Englishearliest quotation 1554same form
Earliest quotation: 1554, John Withals: “a vault, or shroud, as under a church”.
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *skrūdą ‘shroud, dress, attire’
Another origin of shroud
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schrouden
- Englishtodayshroud
Today it means
noun That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skrūdą / shroud