Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skadu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaduz.

Noun

*skadu m

1. shadow

Inflection

Masculine wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skadu
Genitive	*skadwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skadu	*skadwō, *skadwōs
Accusative	*skadu	*skadwā
Genitive	*skadwas	*skadwō
Dative	*skadwē	*skadum
Instrumental	*skadu	*skadum

Derived terms

• *skadwijan

Descendants

• Old English: sċeadu
  • Middle English: schadwe, schadewe, schadowe, schade
    • English: shadow, shade, shed
    • Scots: scaddow, schaddow, shadow, shade, schad
• Old Frisian: *skade
  • Saterland Frisian: Skade, Skaad
  • West Frisian: skaad, skâd
• Old Saxon: skado
  • Middle Low German: schaduwe, schadewe, schāde, schēde
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Schade, Scharre, Scharr
      • Westphalian:

        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Schiae

        Westmünsterländisch: Schatten

    • Plautdietsch: Schauten
• Old Dutch: scado
  • Middle Dutch: schāde, schāduwe
    • Dutch: schaduw; (archaic) schad; (archaic) schade/schaai
      • Afrikaans: skadu, skaduwee
• Old High German: skato, scato m; skata, scata f
  • Middle High German: schate, schade, schete, schatwe, schetewe m
    • German: Schatten
    • Luxembourgish: Schiet
    • Yiddish: שאָטן (shotn)