Where does “schüten” come from?

schüten (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scuttēn, from Proto-Germanic *skuddjan.

schüten (Middle High German): to shake; to pour

Definitions

  1. to shake; to pour

Ancestry of “schüten”, step by step

schüten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German scuttēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscuttēnto shake
2Proto-Germanic*skuddjan—

via Old High German scutten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscuttento shake, to push
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skuddjan →Every word from Old High German scuttēn →