Where does “skǫmm” come from?

skǫmm (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skamō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

skǫmm (Old Norse): shame

Definitions

  1. shame

Ancestry of “skǫmm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskamōshame
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “skǫmm”

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