sceadd

Old English

Etymology

When comparing Old Norse skaddr and dialectal Norwegian skadd (“a small whitefish”), unless the languages all borrowed from each other, the [d] that occurs in all three is best explained as a borrowing from some European substrate language.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃæ͜ɑdd/, [ʃæ͜ɑd]

Noun

sċeadd m

  1. shad (kind of fish)

Descendants

  • English: shad

References

  1. ^ David Stifter (2023), “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary” (chapter 12), in K. Kristiansen, G. Kroonen, E. Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 172–192

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