Where does “sċeatt” come from?

sċeatt (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skattaz, from Proto-Indo-European skatn-.

sċeatt (Old English): treasure, money, wealth

Definitions

  1. treasure, money, wealth

Ancestry of “sċeatt”, step by step

sċeatt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skattaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskattazcattle, kine; owndom, wealth, goods; hoard,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskatn-—

via Proto-Germanic *skatt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*skatt—

Words derived from “sċeatt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skatn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skattaz →