Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To make fun of. · To caper; to skip or run lightly and quickly.
A short comic performance done by amateurs. · A jeer or sally; a brief satire. · A wanton girl; a wench. · A short, sharp shower (of rain).
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant of skjóta. Compare flytja (“to move”). Alternately, perhaps a back-formation from skittish, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.
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- Derivation mentionskjútanon · to shoot, dart, move quickly
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