Where does “sċendan” come from?

sċendan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic skandijan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem- — mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal.

sċendan (Old English): to put to shame, blame, disgrace

Definitions

  1. to put to shame, blame, disgrace

Ancestry of “sċendan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskandijanto insult, to disgrace, to put to shame
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱem-mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal

Words derived from “sċendan”

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