Where does “schaden” come from?
schaden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skathon, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic skaþōną, from Proto-Germanic skaþô, from Proto-Indo-European sket- — to injure.
Ancestry of “schaden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | skathon | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *skaþōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skaþōną | to injure, harm, damage |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skaþô | damage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sket- | to injure |
Words derived from “schaden”