skam

Swedish

/skam/

noun
Definitions
  • shame; something to deeply regret
  • shame; feeling caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skam inherited from Old Norse skǫmm inherited from Proto-Germanic *skamō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skamō

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