Etymology

shite

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Middle English shite
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shite · noun, adjective, interjection1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromshite
  2. English todayshite

From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.

shite · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sḱeyd-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skītaną“to defecate”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skītan
  4. Old English · inherited fromsċītan“to defecate, shit”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromschiten
  6. English todayshite

From Middle English schiten, from Old English sċītan (“to defecate, shit”), from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną (“to defecate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyt- (“to vomit, retch, shit”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Dutch schijten (“to shit”), German scheißen (“to shit”), Swedish skita (“to shit”), Irish sceith, sgeith (“act of spewing, vomiting, shedding”), Albanian shqit (“to tear, separate”).

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