onta

Galician

[ˈontɐ]

noun

Definitions

(archaic) shame
(archaic) insult, affront

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French honte derived from Frankish *haunitha, *hauniþu (scorn, ridicule, disdain) derived from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (humiliation).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hauniþō

Gloss

humiliation

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*hōnta Latin
onta Italian
*kaw- Proto-Indo-European
*hauniz Proto-Germanic
*hauniþō Proto-Germanic
hienþu Old English
hontage Old French
honte Old French
honteus Old French
hunte Old French
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
*haunitha, *hauniþu Frankish