Masculine

Scheit

Meaning

Concepts

log, billet, stick (of firewood)

Basel-Landschaft

schyt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaɪ̯t/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Old Norse

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with English

Cognate with Ancient Greek

Cognate with Latvian

Cognate with Lithuanian

In summary

From Middle High German schīt, from Old High German scīt (“log of wood”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīd (“piece of wood”). Cognate with West Frisian skīd, Old Norse skíð (“plank; billet; ski”), Old English sċīd, English shide, Ancient Greek σχίζα (skhíza, “splinter”), Latvian skaida (“chip”), Lithuanian skëdrà. Doublet of Ski.