Words that come from Proto-West Germanic *skittjā

400 words across 23 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic *skittjā — including dog, dogs, sheet, Gary, shit, spreadsheet, worksheet, Shi.

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English (349)

Volapük (7)

French (6)

Dutch (5)

Finnish (5)

Japanese (4)

Hungarian (3)

Russian (3)

Icelandic (2)

Swedish (2)

German (2)

Cebuano (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Chinese (1)

Danish (1)

Low German (1)

Korean (1)

Czech (1)

Cantonese (1)

Polish (1)

Slovene (1)

Italian (1)