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Where does “scama” come from?

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

Ancestry of “scama”, step by step

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

Words derived from “scama”

  • Fremdscham
  • Schamhaar
  • schamlos
  • Schamentzündung
  • Schamlosigkeit
  • schamhaft
  • Schambein
  • Scham
  • shamo
  • shamar
  • schame
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