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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd- (“to cut off”). Cognates include Lithuanian šikti (“to defecate, shit”), Proto-Slavic *cěditi (“to strain, filter”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*skītaną
- to defecate, to shit
Inflection
Conjugation of
*skītaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 342