Where does “skanda” come from?

skanda (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic skandō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem- — mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal.

Ancestry of “skanda”, step by step

skanda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skandō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskandōshame, disgrace
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱem-mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal

via Sanskrit स्कन्द

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritस्कन्दSkanda, a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism

Words derived from “skanda”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skandō →