Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ḱeh₃-

‘darkness, shadow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-.

42 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-, most familiar first.

• scene ← sc(a)ena ← σκηνή
• shame ← schame ← sċamu ← *skamu ← *skamō
• shadow ← schadowe ← sċeaduwe ← sċeadu ← *skadu
• scenario ← scena ← scēna ← σκηνή
• shade ← schade ← sċeadu ← *skadu ← *skaduz
• obscure ← obscur ← obscūrus ← *scūrus ← *skoiros
• squirrel ← squirel ← esquirel ← *scūriolus ← sciūrus
• scenic ← scénique ← scēnicus ← scaenicus ← σκηνικός
• shameful ← schameful ← sċeomfull ← sċamu ← *skamu
• scotia ← σκοτία ← σκότος ← *skh₃tos
• shamefully ← schamefully ← schameful ← sċeomfull ← sċamu
• hoar ← hor ← hār ← *hair ← *hairaz

More words from *(s)ḱeh₃-

• skene
• obscurantism
• scena
• scenography
• obscuration
• scotoma
• ashame
• shamefaced
• oscuro
• antiscion
• forshame
• nonshameful
• postscenium
• sciagraphy
• scenari
• sciaena
• scotic
• sciosophy
• sciagraph
• shamefulness
• shamefast
• shamefacedness
• shamefastness
• shamefastly
• skiascope
• skiascopy
• skiagram
• skiatron
• unshameful
• unshamefast

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-