Where does “schame” come from?
schame (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scama, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic skamō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.
Ancestry of “schame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | scama | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *skamu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skamō | shame |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |
Words derived from “schame”