(s)k̂em-

    (s)k̂em-

    English meaning: disabled

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “verstũmmelt”, also “hornlos”

    Material: O.Ind. śámala- n. “fault, error, damage, pity”; O.Ice. PN. Hamall, O.E. hamola, O.H.G. hamal “mutilated” (Ger. “Hammel”); O.Ice. hamla, O.H.G. hamalōn etc. “verstũmmeln”; with expressive -mm-: O.Ice. skammr, O.E. O.H.G. scamm ‘short”; O.H.G. hamm, hammēr “mutilated”.

    References: WP. II 560, Holthausen Awn. Wb. 105;

    See also: in addition also k̂em- above S. 556.