Where does “schamhaft” come from?

schamhaft (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.

schamhaft (German): modest, bashful, coy

Definitions

  1. modest, bashful, coy

Ancestry of “schamhaft”, step by step

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