Where does “schat” come from?

schat (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schat, from Old Dutch skat, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt, from Proto-Germanic skattaz, from Proto-Indo-European skatn-.

schat (Dutch): treasure; honey, darling, sweet person

Definitions

  1. treasure; honey, darling, sweet person

Ancestry of “schat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschatmoney; treasure, large amount of wealth; treasury
2Old Dutchskat—
3Proto-West Germanic*skatttreasure
4Proto-Germanicskattazcattle, kine; owndom, wealth, goods; hoard,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskatn-—

Words derived from “schat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skatn- →