| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | skeud- |
| DEFINITION: | To shoot, chase, throw.
Derivatives include shoot, shut, and scuttle1.
1. shoot, from Old English sc otan, to shoot, from Germanic *skeutan, to shoot. 2a. shot1, from Old English sceot, scot, shooting, a shot; b. schuss, from Old High German scuz, shooting, a shot; c. scot, scot and lot, from Old Norse skot and Old French escot, contribution, tax (< “money thrown down”); d. wainscot, from Middle Dutch sc(h)ot, crossbar, wooden partition. a–d all from Germanic *skutaz, shooting, shot. 3. shut, from Old English scyttan, to shut (by pushing a crossbar), probably from Germanic *skutjan. 4. shuttle, from Old English scytel, a dart, missile, from Germanic *skutilaz. 5a. sheet2, from Old English scata, corner of a sail; b. sheet1, from Old English scte, piece of cloth. Both a and b from Germanic *skautj n-. 6a. scout2, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse sk ta, mockery (< “shooting of words”); b. shout, from Old Norse skta, a taunt. Both a and b from Germanic *skut-. (Pokorny 2. (s)keud- 955.) |
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