Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skitiz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to part, divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈski.tiz/

Noun

*skitiz m

1. excrement; feces; shit

   Synonym: *dritą

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• *skitjǭ

Related terms

• *skītaną

See also

• *dungō
• *mihsą
• *mihstuz
• *skarną
• *turdą

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
  • Swedish: skit
  • Danish: skid
  • → Middle English: skyt, skytte, skytt
    • English: skite
    • Scots: skyte, skite