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Where does “schütten” come from?

schütten (German) comes from Middle High German schütten, from Old High German scuttēn, from Proto-Germanic *skuddjan.

schütten (German): to pour; of both liquids and solids; to rain...

Definitions

  1. to pour; of both liquids and solids; to rain...

Ancestry of “schütten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschütten—
2Old High Germanscuttēnto shake
3Proto-Germanic*skuddjan—

Words derived from “schütten”

  • Schüttung
  • verschütten
  • abschütten
  • wegschütten
  • umschütten
  • alŝuti
  • ŝuti
  • elŝuti
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