Where does “scotch” come from?
Scotch comes from Old French escocher, formed with the prefix es- (from Latin ex-) and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-, though the precise sense development remains unclear.
scotch (English): A surface cut or abrasion; A line drawn on the...
Definitions
- A surface cut or abrasion; A line drawn on the...
Ancestry of “scotch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | scocchen | to score, nick, cut; to cut |
| 2 | Old French | escocher | to notch |
| 3 | Old French | çoche | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *tsucca | — |
| 5 | Gaulish | tsukka | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stukkaz | stick; beam; post; stump |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
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