Where does “scama” come from?

scama (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic skamō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

scama (Old Dutch): shame

Definitions

  1. shame

Ancestry of “scama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skamushame
2Proto-Germanicskamōshame
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skamō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skamu →