The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*skandu“shame”
- Old High German · derived fromscanta
- Middle High German · derived fromschande
- Yiddish · borrowed fromשאַנדע
- English todayshanda
From Yiddish שאַנדע (shande), from Middle High German schande, schante, from Old High German scanta, skanta, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu (“shame”). Doublet of shand.
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*skandu all →
shand
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.