Cognate Set 1309 – Meaning: dirty

IE-CoR reference form:
skīta-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Germanic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
No certain etymology outside of Germanic (Kroonen 2013:446. cf. Seebold 1970:410-411).
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 4 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
102   Faroese skitin ˈʃiːtɪn
101   Icelandic skítugur ˈsciːtʰʏɣʏr
103   Norwegian: Bokmål skitten ˈʃɪ̀tːən ˈʃɪ̀tːɛn
104   Norwegian: Nynorsk skitten ˈʃɪtn̩ ˈʃɪtːɛn
References
  • Kroonen, Guus: 446
    Cf. s.v. PGmc. *skītan- 'to shit', "A strong verb with no certain etymology."
  • Seebold, Elmar: 410-411
    Cf. s.v. PGmc. *skeit-a- 'scheißen'