Where does “shutting” come from?

Shutting derives from English shut, from English chute, from French chute, from French chuter meaning to fall, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-.

shutting (English): present participle of shut; The act by which...

Definitions

  1. present participle of shut; The act by which...

Ancestry of “shutting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshutTo close, to stop from being open; To close, to...
2Old Englishsċēotanto shoot
3Proto-West Germanicskeutanto shoot
4Proto-Germanicskeutanąto shoot
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel
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