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 — to shake.

scut (Middle English): hare

Definitions

  1. hare

Ancestry of “scut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschuddento shake, to tremble, to waver; to shuffle; to...
2Middle Dutchschuddento shake, to cause to move strongly back and...
3Old Dutchscuddento shake, to rid oneself of
4Proto-West Germanic*skuddjanto shake

Words derived from “scut”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan →Every word from Old Dutch scudden →Every word from Middle Dutch schudden →