Where does “schaden” come from?

schaden (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schaden, from Old Dutch skathon, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic skaþōną, from Proto-Germanic skaþô, from Proto-Indo-European sket- — to injure.

schaden (Dutch): to damage, to harm, to hurt

Definitions

  1. to damage, to harm, to hurt

Ancestry of “schaden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschaden—
2Old Dutchskathon—
3Proto-West Germanic*skaþōnto injure, harm, damage
4Proto-Germanicskaþōnąto injure, harm, damage
5Proto-Germanicskaþôdamage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer
6Proto-Indo-Europeansket-to injure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sket- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaþô →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaþōną →