sceatt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“cattle, treasure”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *skat- (“to jump, hop, splash out”). Cognate with Old Frisian skett ‘money, cattle’, Old Saxon skat, Dutch (deprecated template usage) schat, Old High German (deprecated template usage) scaz (German (deprecated template usage) Schatz), Old Norse (deprecated template usage) skattr (Danish (deprecated template usage) skat, Norwegian (deprecated template usage) skatt), Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 (skatts), Russian (deprecated template usage) скот (skot).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ʃæɑtː/

Noun

sceatt m (nominative plural sceattas)

1. treasure, money, wealth
2. a coin or unit of money

Descendants

• English: Template:l/en (borrowing)
• Middle English: schat