Etymology

shot

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Today it means: Tired, weary. Full definition →

Middle English schot ← Old English sċot ← Proto-Germanic *skutą
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shot · adjective, verb1

The past participle of shoot.

shot · noun, verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kéwd-(o-m)?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-der.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sket-der.?
  5. Proto-Germanic*skut(t)-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(ó)-os
  7. Proto-Germanic*skutą
  8. Old Englishsċot
  9. Middle Englishschot
  10. English todayshot

Inherited from Middle English schot, from Old English sċeot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą; compare the doublet scot.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*skutą all →

scot

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