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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 855

Root / lemma: kau-

English meaning: to put down, discourage

German meaning: `erniedrigen, demu"tigen'

Derivatives: kau-no-s `Schande, Scham'

Material: Gr. (, in letzterer Bed. zu , Schulze KZ. 29 270 Anm. 1) Hes. und (oder ) , auch Hes. ;

    got. hauns `niedrig, demu"tig' (haunjan `erniedrigen'), ahd. ho:ni `verachtet, elend, niedrig' (ho:nen `schma"hen, ho"hnen'), ags. he:an `niedrig, elend, erba"rmlich' (hy:nan `schma"hen'), ahd. ho:nida, as. ho:na `Schande', afries. ha:nethe `Anklage', ahd. ho:na `Hohn';

    anord. ha: (*hawia-) n. `Spott', mhd. hu:ren `kauern';

    lett. ka\uns m. `Schmach, Schande, Scham', ka\une^tie^s `sich scha"men, blo"de sein', ka\uni^gs `schamhaft, verscha"mt, blo"de';

    lit. ku:viu/os, ku:ve`/tis `sich scha"men'.

References: WP. I 330, Feist 249 f. , Trautmann 122.

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