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