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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skittjā
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *skiti + *-jā.
Noun
*skittjā f
- excretion, defecation
- Synonym: *skiti
Inflection
| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *skittjā | |
| Genitive | *skittjōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skittjā | *skittjōn |
| Accusative | *skittjōn | *skittjōn |
| Genitive | *skittjōn | *skittjōnō |
| Dative | *skittjōn | *skittjōm |
| Instrumental | *skittjōn | *skittjōm |
Descendants
- Old English: sċitte
- Middle English: schite (conflated with *skitiz)
- Old Dutch: *skitta
- Middle Dutch: schitte
- Dutch: schit (dialectal; conflated with *skitiz)
- Middle Dutch: schitte