Where does “Schamhügel” come from?

Schamhügel (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.

Schamhügel (German): mons pubis

Definitions

  1. mons pubis

Ancestry of “Schamhügel”, step by step

Schamhügel 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 Hügel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHügelhill
2Proto-Germanichaugazheight; hill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten

Words derived from “Schamhügel”

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