Where does “Scham” come from?
Scham (German) comes 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.
Scham (German): shame; bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness;...
Definitions
- shame; bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness;...
Ancestry of “Scham”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | schame | — |
| 2 | Old High German | scama | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *skamu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skamō | shame |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |
Words derived from “Scham”