Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skiti

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*skīt, *skīti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, *skītaz.

Noun

*skiti f

excrement, feces
excretion, defecation
Synonym: *skittjā

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skiti
Genitive	*skitī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skiti	*skitī
Accusative	*skiti	*skitī
Genitive	*skitī	*skittjō
Dative	*skitī	skitim, skittjum
Instrumental	*skitī	skitim, skittjum

Derived terms

*skittjā

Descendants

Old English: *sċite
- Middle English: schite, Schit, schute, schyt
  - English: shite, shit
  - Scots: schit, shit
- ⇒ Old English: sċitel, sċytel
Old Frisian: *skite
- North Frisian: skitj
- Saterland Frisian: Skiete; Skiet m
- West Frisian: skyt
Old Saxon: *skiti
- Middle Low German: schite, schît, schîte, schete, schēte
  - German Low German: Schitte, Schiete, Schiet
    - → German: Schitte; Schiet- (chiefly in Schietwetter)
    - → Early Modern Danish: schijt
      - Danish: skidt
        Norwegian Bokmål: skitt
  - Plautdietsch: Schiet
Old Dutch: *skiti, scite (attested in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: scite, schite, schete
  - Dutch: schijt, schit (dialectal)
Old High German: *skizi, *skizzi, *skīz
- Middle High German: schīze, schīz
  - Alemannic German: Schiss
    - Swabian: Scheiß
  - Bavarian: Scheissa, Scheißn, Schaisn, Schaisa
  - Central Franconian: Schiss, Schess, Schass, Scheß, Schet
    - Hunsrik: Scheis
  - German: Schiss, Scheiße, Scheiß
    - → Danish: scheisse
    - → English: scheisse, Scheiss, Scheisse, Scheiße, scheiss, scheiße, shize
  - Luxembourgish: Schäiss
  - Pennsylvania German: Schiss
  - Rhine Franconian: Schiss
    - Palatine German: Schiss, Schisse
  - Vilamovian: śajs