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English word shadow comes from Old English (ca. 450-1100) sceadwe, Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (A shadow.)
sceadwe (Old English)
*skadwaz (Proto-Germanic)
A shadow.
sceadu (Old English)
Protection. Shadow, darkness.
schadwe (Middle English)
shadow (English)
(UK, police) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.. (obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.. (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.. (psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.. [...]