< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skamēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skamjaną.
Verb
*skamēn
- to be ashamed
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *skamēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *skam?dā | |
| Infinitive | *skamēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *skamēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *skamēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *skamēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skamē | *skam?dā |
| 2nd singular | *skamēs | *skam?dēs, *skam?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *skamēþ | *skam?dē, *skam?dā |
| 1st plural | *skamēm | *skam?dum |
| 2nd plural | *skamēþ | *skam?dud |
| 3rd plural | *skamēnþ | *skam?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skamē | *skam?dī |
| 2nd singular | *skamēs | *skam?dī |
| 3rd singular | *skamē | *skam?dī |
| 1st plural | *skamēm | *skam?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *skamēþ | *skam?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *skamēn | *skam?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *skamē | |
| Plural | *skamēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *skamēndī | *skam?d |
Descendants
- Old English: sċamian
- Middle English: schamen
- English: shame
- Middle English: schamen
- Old Frisian: skamia
- Old Dutch: scamon
- Middle Dutch: schāmen
- Dutch: schamen
- Middle Dutch: schāmen
- Old High German: scamēn, scamōn
- German: schamen