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Where does “shuttle” come from?

shuttle (Dutch) comes from English shuttle, from Middle English shutel, from Old English sċytel, from Proto-Germanic skutilaz.

shuttle (Dutch): A space shuttle; A shuttlecock, shuttle; A...

Definitions

  1. A space shuttle; A shuttlecock, shuttle; A...

Ancestry of “shuttle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshuttleA tool used to carry the woof back and forth...
2Middle Englishshutel—
3Old Englishsċyteldart, arrow; a dart, bolt
4Proto-Germanicskutilaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skutilaz →