Etymograph

English

Schaum

Schaum comes from German Schaum ‘foam, lather, froth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- ‘to cover, conceal, hide’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kewH-‘to cover, conceal, hide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skūmaz‘foam’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skūm‘froth, foam’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050scūm
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schūm
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchaum‘foam, lather, froth’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kewH-‘to cover, conceal, hide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skūmaz‘foam’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skūm‘froth, foam’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050scūm
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schūm
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchaum‘foam, lather, froth’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- ‘to cover, conceal, hide’

house, sky, hide, hose, shun, cystic, hutch, 10 more

through Proto-Germanic *skūmaz ‘foam’

skim, scum

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- / Schaum

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