Where does “skamtid” come from?

skamtid (Norwegian) comes from Old Norse skammr, from Proto-Germanic skammaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem- — mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal.

Ancestry of “skamtid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskammrshort
2Proto-Germanicskammazshort; blunt; stunted
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱem-mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal

Words derived from “skamtid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skammaz →Every word from Old Norse skammr →
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