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

  1. shame; bashfulness, prudishness, shamefacedness;...

Ancestry of “Scham”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Scham”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skamō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skamu →