Where does “scamlic” come from?

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

scamlic (Old English): shamefast, bashful; shameful, base, disgraceful,...

Definitions

  1. shamefast, bashful; shameful, base, disgraceful,...

Ancestry of “scamlic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċamushame, embarrassment
2Proto-West Germanic*skamushame
3Proto-Germanicskamōshame
4Proto-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 →