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Where does “*skandu” come from?

*skandu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skandō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱem- — mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal.

Ancestry of “*skandu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskandōshame, disgrace
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱem-mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal
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