Where does “skamfull” come from?
skamfull (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk full, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
skamfull (Norwegian Nynorsk): ashamed, shamefaced
Ancestry of “skamfull”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | full | full; drunk; complete, total |
| 2 | Old Norse | fullr | full |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |