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Where does “*skatt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*skatt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskattazcattle, kine; owndom, wealth, goods; hoard,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskatn-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skatn- →