skjöldur
Icelandic
/ˈscœltʏr/
noun
Definitions
- a shield (handheld piece of armor)
- a shield (anything which protects or defends)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse skjǫldr (shield) derived from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (shield) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keit-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)keit-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- armshield English
- beshield English
- dayshield English
- enshield English
- eyeshield English
- forceshield English
- gumshield English
- gunshield English
- headshield English
- heatshield English
- lockshield English
- roundshield English
- shield English
- shield-toad English
- shieldable English
- shieldback English
- shieldbearer English
- shielder English
- shieldless English
- shieldlike English
- shieldmaiden English
- shieldmaker English
- shieldman English
- shieldsman English
- shieldsmith English
- shieldtail English
- shieldwise English
- shieldwright English
- tailshield English
- windshield English
- *(s)keit- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)keyt- Proto-Indo-European
- skjold Norwegian Bokmål
- våpenskjold Norwegian Bokmål
- *skelduz Proto-Germanic
- sköld Swedish
- シールド Japanese
- skjold Norwegian Nynorsk
- sċield Old English
- scheld Middle English
- Eikinskjaldi Old Norse
- skjǫldr Old Norse
- bak Icelandic
- beri Icelandic
- burkni Icelandic
- skjaldbaka Icelandic
- skjaldberi Icelandic
- skjaldburkni Icelandic
- skild Old High German
- skjøldur Faroese
- Schëld Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *skeldu gmw-pro
- *skuldru gmw-pro
- skilt Old Dutch
- schilt Middle Low German
- skild Old Saxon
- skyld Western Frisian
- skiold Old Danish