Where does “skautaat” come from?
skautaat (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skauti, from English Scout, from Middle English scout, from Old French escoute, from Old French escouter, from Latin ausculto, from Proto-Italic *auskoltā.
skautaat (Icelandic): short-track
Definitions
- short-track
Ancestry of “skautaat”, step by step
skautaat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic skauti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | skauti | skate, ice skate; indefinite dative singular of... |
| 2 | English | Scout | A member of any of various scouting... |
| 3 | Middle English | scout | — |
| 4 | Old French | escoute | action of listening |
| 5 | Old French | escouter | to listen |
| 6 | Latin | ausculto | I listen, I hear; I heed, I accept, I obey |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *auskoltā | — |
via Icelandic át
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | át | eating, the act of eating; solid food that one... |
| 2 | Old Norse | át | the act of eating; food; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | at | at, toward, to |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |