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Where does “drawsheet” come from?

drawsheet (English) comes from English sheet, from English shit, from Middle Dutch schite, from Old Dutch skīta, from Old Saxon skiti, from Proto-Germanic skītaz, from Proto-Indo-European sḱeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

drawsheet (English): Alternative form of draw sheet

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of draw sheet

Ancestry of “drawsheet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsheetA thin bed cloth used as a covering for a...
2EnglishshitSolid excretory product evacuated from the...
3Middle Dutchschite—
4Old Dutchskīta—
5Old Saxonskiti—
6Proto-Germanicskītaz—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱeyd-to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut...
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
9Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
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