Reconstruction:Old English/scite
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This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skiti, from Proto-Germanic *skīta-, *skītaz, *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”).
Related to Middle Low German schite (German Low German Schiet), Old Dutch skīta (Middle Dutch schitte, Dutch schijt), German Scheiße, Scheisse, Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Norwegian Nynorsk skit, skitt, Swedish skit.
Pronunciation
Noun
*sċite f