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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]

  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

Descendants

  • Old English: sċamu, sċeamu, sċomu, sċeomu
  • Old Frisian: skame, scome, skome
  • Old Saxon: skama
    • Middle Low German: schame, scham
  • Old Dutch: scama
  • Old High German: scama

References

  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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