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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Germanic: cognate with Old Frisian [[skett]] ‘money, cattle’, Old Saxon [[skat]] (Dutch [[schat]]), Old High German [[scaz]] (German [[Schatz]] ‘treasure’), Old Norse [[skattr]] (Danish {{term|skat|lang=da}}, Norwegian [[skatt]]), Gothic {{l|got|𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃}}.
From {{proto|Germanic|skattaz|cattle, treasure|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|skat-|to jump, hop, splash out|lang=ang}}. Cognate with Old Frisian [[skett]] ‘money, cattle’, Old Saxon [[skat]] (Dutch [[schat]]), Old High German [[scaz]] (German [[Schatz]] ‘treasure’), Old Norse [[skattr]] (Danish {{term|skat|lang=da}}, Norwegian [[skatt]]), Gothic {{l|got|𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 00:22, 24 July 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Template:proto, from Template:proto. Cognate with Old Frisian skett ‘money, cattle’, Old Saxon skat (Dutch schat), Old High German scaz (German Schatz ‘treasure’), Old Norse skattr (Danish (deprecated template usage) skat, Norwegian skatt), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 (skatts).

Pronunciation

Noun

sceatt ?

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