skam
Danish
/skam/, /skam/
noun
Definitions
- shame
- disgrace, dishonor, dishonour
- pity (something regrettable)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish skam inherited from Old Norse skǫmm inherited from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skamō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antishame English
- beshame English
- cover-shame English
- fat-shame English
- forshame English
- kinkshame English
- outshame English
- shamable English
- shame English
- shameable English
- shamee English
- shamefaced English
- shamefast English
- shameful English
- shameless English
- shamelike English
- shameproof English
- shamer English
- shamesome English
- shamest English
- shameth English
- shameworthy English
- Fremdscham German
- Scham German
- Schambehaarung German
- Schamentzündung German
- Schamgefühl German
- Schamhaar German
- Schamhügel German
- Schamröte German
- schamhaft German
- schamlos German
- schämen German
- plaatsvervangende schaamte Dutch, Flemish
- schaamte Dutch, Flemish
- schaamtecultuur Dutch, Flemish
- schaamteloos Dutch, Flemish
- schamen Dutch, Flemish
- vliegschaamte Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kēt- Proto-Indo-European
- skam Norwegian Bokmål
- *skamō Proto-Germanic
- flygskam Swedish
- skam Swedish
- skamlig Swedish
- skamlös Swedish
- skam Norwegian Nynorsk
- scamu Old English
- sċamu Old English
- schame Middle English
- skǫmm Old Norse
- fuld Danish
- skamfuld Danish
- blóðskömm Icelandic
- krakkaskömm Icelandic
- skömm Icelandic
- schaemde Middle Dutch
- scama Old High German
- shamo Ido
- skaamte Afrikaans
- skomm Faroese
- schame Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 Gothic
- skama Old Saxon
- skábma Northern Sami
- skam Old Swedish
- skæmm Westrobothnian
- skam Old Danish
- shem Chinook Jargon