Proto-West Germanic
*skadu
‘shadow’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *skadu.
3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, most familiar first.
- shadow ← schadowe ← sċeaduwe ← sċeadu
- shade ← schade ← sċeadu
- overshadow ← overschadwen ← ofersċeadwian ← sċeadwian ← sċeadu
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Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *skadu