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121shoot — [OE] Like sheet, shout, shut, and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *skeut , *skaut , *skut ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb *skeutan, which evolved into German schiessen, Dutch schieten,… …
122shout — [14] The origins of shout are disputed. One school of thought traces it back to the prehistoric Germanic base *skeut , *skaut , *skut ‘project’ (source of English sheet and shoot), as if its etymological meaning were ‘throw one’s voice out… …
123shut — [OE] Shut comes ultimately from the same prehistoric Germanic base (*skaut , *skeut , *skut ‘project’) that produced English shoot, and its underlying etymological reference is to the ‘shooting’ of a bolt across a door to fasten it. Its immediate …
124shuttle — [OE] A shuttle is etymologically something that is ‘shot’. Indeed, the word’s Old English precursor scytel meant ‘arrow’ or ‘dart’. It comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *skaut , *skeut , *skut ‘project’, which also produced… …
125sheet — sheet1 [shēt] n. [ME schete < OE sceat, piece of cloth, lappet, region, akin to Ger schoss, lap, ON skaut, lappet: for prob. IE base see SHOOT] 1. a large, rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc., used on a bed, usually in pairs, one under… …
126sheet — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used esp. in pairs as inner bedclothes. 2 a a broad usu. thin flat piece of material (e.g. paper or metal). b (attrib.) made in sheets (sheet iron). 3 a wide continuous surface… …
