skyts

Older skyt, from Middle Low German (ge)schutte, from Proto-Germanic *gaskutją, cognate with German Geschütz (“gun”), Dutch geschut (“artillery”). A collective from the noun *skutiz (“shot”), which is a verbal noun from *skeutaną. The modern Danish form is influenced by the Standard German cognate.

• IPA^(key): /skøts/, [ˈsɡ̊ød̥s]

skyts n (singular definite skytset, not used in plural form)

1. guns, artillery
2. (figuratively) artillery (arguments in a debate)

• “skyts” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Skyts,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

skyts

1. indefinite genitive singular of skyt

• kysst, tysks