Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skamu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skamō.

Noun

*skamu f^[1]

shame

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skamu
Genitive	*skamā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skamu	*skamō
Accusative	*skamā	*skamā
Genitive	*skamā	*skamō
Dative	*skamē	skamōm, skamum
Instrumental	*skamu	skamōm, skamum

Derived terms

*skamēn

Descendants

Old English: sċamu, sċeamu, sċomu, sċeomu
- Middle English: schame, schome
  - Scots: scham, schame
  - English: shame
Old Frisian: skame, scome, skome
- Saterland Frisian: scame; (Skoomte)
- (West Frisian: skamte)
Old Saxon: skama
- Middle Low German: schame, scham
  - Low German: Schaam; (Schaamd)
Old Dutch: scama
- Middle Dutch: schāme
  - Dutch: schaam (obsolete)
Old High German: scama
- Middle High German: schame
  - German: Scham
  - Hunsrik: Schaam

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207: “PWGmc *skamu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207: “PWGmc *skamu”

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