Where does “schitten” come from?

schitten (Middle English) comes from Old English sċyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan — to shut, to close off.

schitten (Middle English): To shut or close to cause to be closed

Definitions

  1. To shut or close to cause to be closed

Ancestry of “schitten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċyttanto shut
2Proto-West Germanic*skuttjanto shut, to close off

Words derived from “schitten”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan →