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# [[treasure]], [[money]], [[wealth]]
# [[treasure]], [[money]], [[wealth]]

Revision as of 12:15, 25 August 2013

Old English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t. 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 m (nominative plural sceattas)

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

Descendants