Where does “schat” come from?

schat (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skat, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt, from Proto-Germanic skattaz, from Proto-Indo-European skatn-.

schat (Middle Dutch): money; treasure, large amount of wealth; treasury

Definitions

  1. money; treasure, large amount of wealth; treasury

Ancestry of “schat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskat—
2Proto-West Germanic*skatttreasure
3Proto-Germanicskattazcattle, kine; owndom, wealth, goods; hoard,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskatn-—

Words derived from “schat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skatn- →