English
shanda
Shanda comes from Yiddish שאַנדע ‘disgrace’, from Proto-West Germanic *skandu ‘shame’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skandō.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skandō‘shame, disgrace’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skandu‘shame’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050scanta
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schande
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchande
- Yiddishmodernשאַנדעshande‘disgrace’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993shanda
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skandō‘shame, disgrace’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skandu‘shame’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050scanta
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schande
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchande
- Yiddishmodernשאַנדעshande‘disgrace’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993shanda
Earliest quotation: 1993, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon: “Oi, it was such a shanda. I should never…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *skandō
Today it means
noun Shame; disgrace.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skandō / shanda