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Where does “scēotan” come from?

scēotan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- — to advance, push; to drive, propel.

Ancestry of “scēotan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskeutanąto shoot
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel

Words derived from “scēotan”

  • shoot
  • shooting
  • offshoot
  • overshoot
  • troubleshoot
  • skeet
  • undershoot
  • sharpshooting
  • crapshoot
  • reshoot
  • outshoot
  • shooteth
  • trapshooting
  • shootist
  • shootable
  • photoshoot
  • wingshooting
  • shootee
  • upshoot
  • inshoot
  • shootaround
  • nonshooting
  • shooty
  • shootest
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