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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skuwwô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ *(s)ḱuh₃-nés (“(one's) shadow, reflection”), from *(s)ḱeh₃w- (“shadow”) + *-ō. Alternatively from or influenced in meaning by Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to perceive, observe”)[1].
Noun
*skuwwô m[1]
- reflection, mirror image
- shadow
Related terms
- *hēwijaz (“dark blue”)
- *skadwaz (“shadow”)
Derived terms
- *skuwwijaną (“to give shade”)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *skūwō
- Old English: sċūwa, sċūa
- Old High German: skūwo, skūo
- Old Norse: skuggi
- Icelandic: skuggi
- Faroese: skuggi
- Norwegian: skugge
- Swedish: skugga
- Danish: skygge
- Elfdalian: skugge
- Gutnish: skugge, skugg'
- Westrobothnian: skågg
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (skuggwa)
- → Proto-Finnic: *kuva (“image”)
- Finnish: kuva
- Ingrian: kuva
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kuva
- Veps: kuva
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*skuwwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452