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This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*skītaz

Etymology

Category:Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SKITIZ

Nominal formation from *skītaną (“to shit”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈski.tiz/Category:Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation#SKITIZ

Noun

*skitiz mCategory:Proto-Germanic lemmas#SKITIZ Category:Proto-Germanic nouns#SKITIZ Category:Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header#SKITIZ Category:Proto-Germanic masculine nouns#SKITIZ Category:Pages with entries#SKITIZ Category:Pages with 1 entry#SKITIZ

excrement; feces; shit
Synonym: *dritą

Inflection

Declension of *skitiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skitiz	*skitīz
vocative	*skiti	*skitīz
accusative	*skitį	*skitinz
genitive	*skitīz	*skitjǫ̂
dative	*skitī	*skitimaz
instrumental	*skitī	*skitimiz

Category:Proto-Germanic i-stem nouns#SKITIZ

Derived terms

*skitjǭ

Related terms

*skītaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skiti, *skīt, *skīti
- Old English: *sċite
  - Middle English: schite, Schit, schute, schyt
    - English: shite, shit
    - Scots: schit, shit
  - ⇒ Old English: sċitel, sċytel
- Old Frisian: *skite
  - North Frisian: skitj
  - Saterland Frisian: Skiete; Skiet m
  - West Frisian: skyt
- Old Saxon: *skiti
  - Middle Low German: schite, schît, schîte, schete, schēte
    - German Low German: Schitte, Schiete, Schiet
      - → German: Schitte; Schiet- (chiefly in Schietwetter)
      - → Early Modern Danish: schijt
        Danish: skidt
        Norwegian Bokmål: skitt
    - Plautdietsch: Schiet
- Old Dutch: *skiti, scite (attested in placenames)
  - Middle Dutch: scite, schite, schete
    - Dutch: schijt, schit (dialectal)
- Old High German: *skizi, *skizzi, *skīz
  - Middle High German: schīze, schīz
    - Alemannic German: Schiss
      - Swabian: Scheiß
    - Bavarian: Scheissa, Scheißn, Schaisn, Schaisa
    - Central Franconian: Schiss, Schess, Schass, Scheß, Schet
      - Hunsrik: Scheis
    - German: Schiss, Scheiße, Scheiß
      - → Danish: scheisse
      - → English: scheisse, Scheiss, Scheisse, Scheiße, scheiss, scheiße, shize
    - Luxembourgish: Schäiss
    - Pennsylvania German: Schiss
    - Rhine Franconian: Schiss
      - Palatine German: Schiss, Schisse
    - Vilamovian: śajs
Old Norse: skítr (< *skītaz)
- Icelandic: skítur
- Faroese: skítur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skit, skitt
- Norwegian Bokmål: skitt
- Swedish: skit
- Danish: skid
- → Middle English: skyt, skytte, skytt
  - English: skite
  - Scots: skyte, skite

References

↑ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*skītaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003), “*skītaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342

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