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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain, but probably from pre-Germanic *skh₃-m-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“dark(ness)”).[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *skandō.
Pronunciation
Noun
*skamō f
- shame
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *skamō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*skamō
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*skamôz
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| vocative
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*skamō
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*skamôz
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| accusative
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*skamǭ
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*skamōz
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| genitive
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*skamōz
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*skamǫ̂
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| dative
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*skamōi
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*skamōmaz
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| instrumental
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*skamō
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*skamōmiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skamō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 439-40
