shit

shit · noun, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
3. Proto-Indo-European*skeyd-
4. Proto-Indo-European*skéydt
5. Proto-Germanic*skītaną
6. Proto-Germanic*skitiz
7. Proto-West Germanic*skiti
8. Proto-West Germanic*skittjā
9. Old Englishsċitte
10. Old English*sċite
11. Middle Englishschite
12. English todayshit

From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.

shit · verb, interjection²

1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
3. Proto-Indo-European*skeyd-
4. Proto-Indo-European*skéydt
5. Proto-Germanic*skītaną
6. Proto-West Germanic*skītan
7. Old Englishsċītan
8. Middle Englishschiten
9. English todayshit

From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-). Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed.

Shit · proper noun³

1. Persian · borrowed fromشيت
2. English todayShit

From Persian شيت (šīt).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 20th c. To annoy.