Where does “scuttle” come from?
Scuttle comes from Middle English scuttel, from Old English scutel, from Latin scutella, from Latin scutra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots skey- and sek-.
scuttle (English): A container like an open bucket; A broad, shallow...
Definitions
- A container like an open bucket; A broad, shallow...
Ancestry of “scuttle”, step by step
scuttle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English scuttel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scuttel | — |
| 2 | Old English | sċutel | dart, arrow; bar; bolt |
| 3 | Latin | scutella | a small or shallow bowl, basin or dish; a small... |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Middle French escoutille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | escoutille | — |
| 2 | Spanish | escotilla | hatch; airlock |
| 3 | Spanish | escotar | to make low-cut clothing; to pay one's share of... |
| 4 | Gothic | 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 | hem, fringe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skautaz | corner; wedge; the corner of a piece of cloth or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |