Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skiti

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *skīt, *skīti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, *skītaz.

Noun

*skiti f

1. excrement, feces
2. excretion, defecation

   Synonym: *skittjā

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skiti
Genitive	*skitī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skiti	*skitī
Accusative	*skiti	*skitī
Genitive	*skitī	*skittjō
Dative	*skitī	*skitim, *skittjum
Instrumental	*skitī	*skitim, *skittjum

Derived terms

• *skittjā

Descendants

• 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