Etymology

undershoot

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Today it means: To shoot not far enough or not well enough. Full definition →

English shoot ← Middle English schoten ← Old English sċēotan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kéwdeti?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-der.?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*sket-der.?
  16. Proto-Germanic*skuttōnąbf.?
  17. Proto-Germanic*skeutaną
  18. Proto-West Germanic*skeutan
  19. Old Englishsċēotan
  20. Middle Englishschoten
  21. Englishshoot
  22. English todayundershoot

From under- + shoot.

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