The story
- Old English · inherited fromSċyttisċ
- Middle English · inherited fromScottisch
- English todayScottish
From Middle English Scottisch, from Old English Sċyttisċ, equivalent to Scot + -ish. Compare West Frisian Skotsk (“Scottish”), Dutch Schots (“Scottish”), German schottisch (“Scottish”), Danish skotsk (“Scottish”), Icelandic skoskur (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch, Scots, and schottische; compare Scot.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.