shoten

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old English sċēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃoːtən/, /ˈʃɔːtən/, /ˈʃuːtən/, /ˈʃeːtən/

    Verb

    shoten

    1. to shoot

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of shoten (weak in -ed)
    infinitive (to) shoten, shote
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular shote shoted
    2nd-person singular shotest shotedest
    3rd-person singular shoteth shoted
    subjunctive singular shote
    imperative singular —
    plural1 shoten, shote shoteden, shotede
    imperative plural shoteth, shote —
    participles shotynge, shotende shoted, yshoted

    1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Descendants

    • English: shoot, skeet
    • Scots: schute, schuit, schote, schoot, schete

    References

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