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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skūwō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *skuwwô.

Noun

*skūwō m [1]

  1. shadow

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative *skūwō *skūwan
Accusative *skūwan *skūwan
Genitive *skūwini *skūwanō
Dative *skūwini *skūwum
Instrumental *skūwini *skūwum

Descendants

  • Old English: scua
  • Old High German: scūwo

References

  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc *skūwō”
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