Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf poor quality; worthless. · Nasty; despicable.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- Proto-Indo-European *skéydt Proto-Germanic *skītaną Proto-Germanic *skitiz Proto-West Germanic *skiti Proto-West Germanic *-jā Proto-West Germanic *skittjā Old English sċitte Old English *sċite Middle English schite English shit From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*skey-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionschitenm
- Inherited-form mention*sċiteang · dung
- Inherited-form mention*skitigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*skitizgem-pro
- Derivation mention*skeyd-ine-pro · to split, divide, separate
- Cognate mentionSkietestq
- Cognate mentionskytefy
- Cognate mentionschijtnl
- Cognate mentionScheißede
- Cognate mentionskidtda
- Cognate mentionskittnb
- Cognate mentionskíturis
- Doublet mentionscheisseen
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"Of poor quality; worthless.",
"Nasty; despicable."
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