Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/skōhaz

Origin of shoe

In dutch it is schoen, but gloves are handschoen(en), hand-shoes. German follows the same logic. Sounds silly to say hand shoe, but could point to a function of covering, protecting, that would mean covering, wrapping, feet or hands, instead of just comparing the gloves to a shoe for hands. Furthermore ,,schuil” can mean ‘shelter’, or ‘hide’, which covers the meaning of what both gloves and shoes do, and has a similar word structure. So the origin of the word shoe could be the same root of the words ,schuil’ and ,schuilen’, and mean something like ‘shelter’, cover or wrapping for hands or feet 88.159.23.249 03:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)