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Where does “skat” come from?

skat (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skatt, from Proto-Germanic skattaz, from Proto-Indo-European skatn-.

Ancestry of “skat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skatt—
2Proto-Germanicskattazcattle, kine; owndom, wealth, goods; hoard,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskatn-—

Words derived from “skat”

  • kunstschat
  • schatkamer
  • schattig
  • schatten
  • schatting
  • onderschatten
  • overschatten
  • inschatten
  • schat
  • schatrijk
  • bodemschat
  • schattebout
  • schatkist
  • schat
  • schatten
  • skat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skatn- →