Etymology

shooting

shoot·ing
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Middle English shoting ← Old English scotung ← Proto-Germanic *skutungō
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skutungō
  2. Old English · inherited fromscotung“shooting”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromshoting
  4. English todayshooting

From Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-Germanic *skutungō, equivalent to shoot + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schieting, German Erschießung (“shooting”), Swedish skjutning (“shooting”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.