Where does “*skamu” come from?

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

*skamu (Proto-West Germanic): shame

Definitions

  1. shame

Ancestry of “*skamu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*skamu”

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