Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skeldu

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *skelduz.

Noun edit

*skeldu m^[1]

shield

Inflection edit

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skeldu
Genitive	*skeldō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skeldu	skeldiwi, skeldō
Accusative	*skeldu	*skeldū
Genitive	*skeldō	*skeldiwō
Dative	skeldiwi, skeldō	*skeldum
Instrumental	*skeldu	*skeldum

Descendants edit

Old English: sċield, sċeld; sċild, sċyld
- Middle English: scheld, sheld, shild, shelde
  - Scots: scheld, scheild
  - English: shield
Old Frisian: skeld, skild, schild
- North Frisian: skilt
- Saterland Frisian: Skild, Schild
- West Frisian: skyld
Old Saxon: skild, skeld
- Middle Low German: schilt
  - German Low German: Schild
  - Plautdietsch: Schilt
Old Dutch: skilt
- Middle Dutch: schilt
  - Dutch: schild
    - Afrikaans: skild
  - Limburgish: sjèldj, sjildj
Old High German: skild, skilt
- Middle High German: schilt
  - Bavarian: Schüd, Schuid, Schüld
  - German: Schild
    - → Esperanto: ŝildo
      - → Ido: shildo
  - Luxembourgish: Schëld
  - Yiddish: שילד (shild)

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216: “PWGmc *skeldu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216: “PWGmc *skeldu”

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