Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skamiþō

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *skamō +‎ *-iþō.

Noun edit

*skamiþō f^[1]

shame, disgrace

Inflection edit

ō-stemDeclension of *skamiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skamiþō	*skamiþôz
vocative	*skamiþō	*skamiþôz
accusative	*skamiþǭ	*skamiþōz
genitive	*skamiþōz	*skamiþǫ̂
dative	*skamiþōi	*skamiþōmaz
instrumental	*skamiþō	*skamiþōmiz

Descendants edit

Old Saxon: *skamitha
- Middle Low German: schemede
Old Norse: skemmd
- Icelandic: skemmd
- Faroese: skemd
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skjemd

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skamiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skamiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333

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