skömm
Icelandic
/skœmː/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) shame
- (countable) a naughty or troublesome person or animal (or thing)
- (in the plural) berating, scolding
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse skǫmm derived from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skamō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *(s)kēt- Proto-Indo-European
- skam Norwegian Bokmål
- *skamō Proto-Germanic
- skam Norwegian Nynorsk
- scamu Old English
- sċamu Old English
- skǫmm Old Norse
- skam Danish
- skamfuld Danish
- blóð Icelandic
- blóðskömm Icelandic
- krakkaskömm Icelandic
- krakki Icelandic
- scama Old High German
- skomm Faroese
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 Gothic
- skama Old Saxon
- skábma Northern Sami
- skam Old Swedish
- skæmm Westrobothnian
- skam Old Danish