The story
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
- Proto-Indo-European*skey-
- Proto-Indo-European*skeyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*skéydt
- Proto-Germanic*skītaną
- Proto-Germanic*skitiz
- Proto-West Germanic*skiti
- Proto-West Germanic*skittjā
- Old Englishsċitte
- Old English*sċite
- Middle Englishschite
- Englishshit
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
- Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
- Old Englishsōfte
- Middle Englishsofte
- Englishsoft
- Proto-Germanic*warō
- Proto-West Germanic*waru
- Old Englishwaru
- Middle Englishware
- Englishsoftwarebf.
- English todayshitware
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.