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Where does “skamt” come from?

skamt (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skammaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem- — mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal.

Ancestry of “skamt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskammazshort; blunt; stunted
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱem-mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal

Words derived from “skamt”

  • scanty
  • scant
  • scantily
  • scantiness
  • scantly
  • scantness
  • scanties
  • スキャンティー
  • scant
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