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Where does “skandijan” come from?

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

skandijan (Proto-West Germanic): to insult, to disgrace, to put to shame

Definitions

  1. to insult, to disgrace, to put to shame

Ancestry of “skandijan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skandijan”

  • schänden
  • scendan
  • skenten
  • skenden
  • schenden
  • schänge
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