*skamō

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑ.mɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

shame

Uncertain, but probably from pre-Germanic *skh₃-m-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (‘dark(ness)’). Related to Proto-Germanic *skandō.

*skamu (Proto-West Germanic)
- scama (Old Dutch)
  - schāme (Middle Dutch)
    - schaam (Dutch)
*skamu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċamu, sċeamu, sċomu, sċeomu (Old English)
  - schame, schome (Middle English)
    - shame (English)
    - scham, schame (Scots)
*skamu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skame, scome, skome (Old Frisian)
  - skamte (West Frisian)
  - scame, Skoomte (Saterland Frisian)
*skamu (Proto-West Germanic)
- scama (Old High German)
  - schame (Middle High German)
    - Scham (German)
    - Schaam (Hunsrik)
*skamu (Proto-West Germanic)
- skama (Old Saxon)
  - schame, scham (Middle Low German)
    - Schaam, Schaamd (Low German)
skǫmm (Old Norse)
- skomm (Faroese)
- skömm (Icelandic)
- skam (Norwegian Bokmål)
- skam (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skǫmm (Old Norse)
- skam (Old Danish)
  - skam (Danish)
skǫmm (Old Norse)
- skam (Old Swedish)
  - skam (Swedish)
𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama) (Gothic)
*skāmō (Proto-Samic)