Where does “shend” come from?
shend (English) comes from Ottoman Turkish شن, from Armenian շեն, from Old Armenian շէն, from Middle Iranian šēn.
shend (English): To disgrace or put to shame; To blame; To...
Definitions
- To disgrace or put to shame; To blame; To...
Ancestry of “shend”, step by step
shend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish شن
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | شن | gay, light, merry |
| 2 | Armenian | շեն | inhabited, peopled; undamaged, intact, unharmed;... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | շէն | inhabited place; village, hamlet; inhabitation;... |
| 4 | Middle Iranian | šēn | — |
via Middle English schenden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | schenden | To harm or hurt; to cause harm to |
| 2 | Old English | sċendan | to put to shame, blame, disgrace |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | skandijan | to insult, to disgrace, to put to shame |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱem- | mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal |