Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skitiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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
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
Norwegian: skítr
- Icelandic: skítur
- Faroese: skítur
- Norwegian: skit
- Swedish: skit
- Danish: skid