Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skītaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

According to Orel, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd- (“to cut off”) (though Kroonen is implicitly skeptical). Cognates include Lithuanian šikti (“to defecate, shit”), Proto-Slavic *cěditi (“to strain, filter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skītaną

1. to defecate, to shit

Inflection

Conjugation of *skītaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skītō	*skītaų	—	*skītai	?
2nd singular	*skītizi	*skītaiz	*skīt	*skītazai	*skītaizau
3rd singular	*skītidi	*skītai	*skītadau	*skītadai	*skītaidau
1st dual	*skītōz	*skītaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skītadiz	*skītaidiz	*skītadiz	—	—
1st plural	*skītamaz	*skītaim	—	*skītandai	*skītaindau
2nd plural	*skītid	*skītaid	*skītid	*skītandai	*skītaindau
3rd plural	*skītandi	*skītain	*skītandau	*skītandai	*skītaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skait	*skitį̄
2nd singular	*skaist	*skitīz
3rd singular	*skait	*skitī
1st dual	*skitū	*skitīw
2nd dual	*skitudiz	*skitīdiz
1st plural	*skitum	*skitīm
2nd plural	*skitud	*skitīd
3rd plural	*skitun	*skitīn
	present	past
participles	*skītandz	*skitanaz

Related terms

• *skitiz
• *skittōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skītan
  • Old English: sċītan
    • Middle English: schiten, schite, schyte, schytyn, shyte, shytyn
      • English: shit, shite
      • Scots: shit
  • Old Frisian: skīta
    • Saterland Frisian: skiete
    • West Frisian: skite
  • Old Saxon: skītan
    • Middle Low German: schīten
      • Westphalian:

        Westmünsterländisch: schieten

      • Plautdietsch: schieten
  • Old Dutch: *skītan
    • Middle Dutch: schiten
      • Dutch: schijten
      • Limburgish: sjiete
  • Old High German: skīzan
    • Middle High German: schīzen
      • German: scheißen
      • Hunsrik: scheise
      • Luxembourgish: schäissen
• Old Norse: skíta
  • Icelandic: skíta
  • Faroese: skíta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skite
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skita, skite
  • Old Swedish: skīta
    • Swedish: skita
  • Danish: skide
  • → Middle English: skiten, skyten
    • Scots: skite