scitan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to defecate, shit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skītaną (defecate, shite, excrete, shit) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skeyd
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *skeyd Proto-Indo-European
- *skeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *skītaną Proto-Germanic
- skita Norwegian Nynorsk
- scītan Old English
- skíta Old Norse
- skide Danish
- skíta Icelandic
- schīzen Old High German
- skīzan Old High German
- skíta Faroese
- schäissen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *skītan Old Dutch
- skitan Old Saxon
- skita Old Swedish
- skīta, skita Old Swedish
- skite Western Frisian
- skīta Old Frisian