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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 Englishsċamu—
2Proto-West Germanic*skamu—
3Proto-Germanicskamōshame
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
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