Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skuwwô

This Proto-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-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 Nynorsk: skugge
- Swedish: skugga
- Danish: skygge
  - ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: skygge
- Elfdalian: skugge
- Gutnish: skugge, skugg'
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

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[EDPG-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skuwwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452