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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skelduz.

Noun

*skeldu m

1. shield

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• *skildijan

Descendants

• Old English: sċield, sċeld — Anglian, Kentish; 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)