Where does “sċamu” come from?

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

sċamu (Old English): shame, embarrassment

Definitions

  1. shame, embarrassment

Ancestry of “sċamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skamushame
2Proto-Germanicskamōshame
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “sċamu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skamō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skamu →