Where does “schamfull” come from?
schamfull (Middle English) comes from Old English sċeomfull, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
Ancestry of “schamfull”, step by step
schamfull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English sċeomfull
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sċeomfull | modest, chaste |
| 2 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Old English sċeamfull
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sċeamfull | — |