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

• *skitaz

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈski.tiz/

Noun

*skitiz m

1. excrement; feces; shit

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

Descendants

• Old English: sċite; sċitel, sċytel; sċitte (< *skitjǭ)
  • Middle English: schit, schyt; shitel
    • Scots: schitt, schit
    • English: shit; shite
• Old Frisian: *skite
  • North Frisian: skitj
  • Saterland Frisian: Skiet
  • West Frisian: skyt
• Old Saxon: *skiti
  • Middle Low German: schite
    • German Low German: Schitte, Schiete, Schiet
      • → German: Schitte; Schiet- (chiefly in Schietwetter)
• Old Dutch: *skiti
  • Middle Dutch: scite, schite
    • Dutch: schijt
• Old High German: *skizi, *skizzi
  • Middle High German: schīze
    • German: Schiss, Scheiße, Scheiß
    • Hunsrik: Scheis
    • Luxembourgish: Schäiss
• Old Norse: skítr
  • Icelandic: skítur
  • Faroese: skítur
  • Norwegian: skit
  • Swedish: skit
  • Danish: skid

See also

• *skarną
• *turdą