Where does “schutter” come from?

schutter (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch scutte, from Old Dutch scutto, from Proto-Germanic skutjô.

Ancestry of “schutter”, step by step

schutter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch scutte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchscutteshooter
2Old Dutchscutto—
3Proto-Germanicskutjô—

via Middle Dutch schutte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschutte—

Words derived from “schutter”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skutjô →Every word from Old Dutch scutto →Every word from Middle Dutch scutte →