sceatt
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“cattle, treasure”), from Proto-Indo-European *skat- (“to jump, hop, splash out”). Cognate with Old Frisian skett ‘money, cattle’, Old Saxon skat, Dutch schat, Old High German scaz (German Schatz (“treasure”)), Old Norse skattr (Danish skat, Norwegian skatt), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 (skatts), Russian скот (skot, “cattle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃæɑt/
Noun
sċeatt m (nominative plural sċeattas)
- treasure, money, wealth
- a coin or unit of money
Descendants
- English: sceat (borrowing)
- Middle English: schat