Where does “scut” come from?
scut (Middle English) comes from Dutch schudden, from Middle Dutch schudden, from Old Dutch scudden, from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan.
scut (Middle English): hare
Ancestry of “scut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | schudden | to shake, to tremble, to waver; to shuffle; to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schudden | to shake, to cause to move strongly back and... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | scudden | to shake, to rid oneself of |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *skuddjan | — |
Words derived from “scut”