Scheit

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German schīt, Old High German scīt (“log of wood”). Cognate with West Frisian skīd, Old Norse skið, Old English sċīde, English shide, Ancient Greek σχίζα (skhíza, “splinter”), Latvian skaida (“chip”), Lithuanian skëdrà.[1] From Proto-Germanic *skīdą.

Pronunciation

Noun

Scheit n (genitive Scheits, plural Scheite or Scheiter)

  1. log, billet, stick (of firewood)

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Scheit”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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