Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The act or time of shutting; close. · A door or cover; a shutter. · The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. · To make or become unreceptive. · To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently. · To put out of use or operation.
Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc. · Not available for use or operation. · Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public. · Not receptive.
From Middle English schitten, schetten, from Old English sċyttan (“to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). The Modern English word was originally a dialect form; the Old English word would have normally merged with shit. Cognate with Dutch schutten (“to shut in, lock up”), Low German schütten (“to shut, lock in”), German schützen (“to shut out, dam, protect, guard”).
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