Where does “rimakammo” come from?

rimakammo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kammo, from Proto-Germanic skamō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Ancestry of “rimakammo”, step by step

rimakammo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kammo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkammodetestation, abhorrence; phobia
2Proto-Germanicskamōshame
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via Finnish rima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrimalath; bar, hurdle
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