Where does “Baumscham” come from?

Baumscham (German) comes from German Scham, from Middle High German schame, from Old High German scama, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic skamō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Baumscham (German): guilt experienced when purchasing a freshly cut Christmas tree due to the negative environmental impact, literally "tree shame"

Definitions

  1. guilt experienced when purchasing a freshly cut Christmas tree due to the negative environmental impact, literally "tree shame"

Ancestry of “Baumscham”, step by step

Baumscham traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Scham

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchamshame; bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness;...
2Middle High Germanschame—
3Old High Germanscama—
4Proto-West Germanic*skamushame
5Proto-Germanicskamōshame
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skamō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skamu →