sheet

sheet · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kewd-“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skautijǭ
3. Old English · derived fromsċēat“a corner, angle”
4. Old English · derived fromsċēata“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”
5. Old English · derived fromsċīete“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”
6. Middle English · derived fromschete
7. English todaysheet

From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”).

sheet · noun²

A minced oath of shit.

Sheet · proper noun³

1. Old English · inherited fromsceat“corner”
2. English todaySheet

From Old English sceat (“corner”).

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