shand
/ʃˈænd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Etymology
From Middle English shande, schande, schonde, from Old English sċeand, sċand (“shame, disgrace, infamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō (“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skounde (“shame, disgrace”), West Frisian skande (“disgrace, shame, humiliation”), Dutch schande (“shame, disgrace, reproach, dishonour, scandal”), German Schande (“shame, disgrace, ignominity, dishonour”), Luxembourgish Schan (“shame”), Yiddish שאַנד (shand, “shame”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”). Related to shame, shend. Doublet of shanda and shonda. Compare typologically the opposite direction meaning shift Proto-Slavic *pozorъ < *zьrěti (“to observe”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: shande, sċeand, *skandu, *skandō, *(s)ḱem-, -
Usage
- Uncountable
- British usage