schite

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English sċitte, *sċite, from Proto-West Germanic *skittjā, *skiti, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz.

Forms with /iː/ are influenced by schiten; for a similar phenomenon, compare chyne (“crack”).

Alternative forms

schit, schute, schyt

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃit(ə)/, /ˈʃeːt(ə)/, /ˈʃiːt(ə)/

Noun

schite (uncountable)

(vulgar, rare) diarrhoea

Related terms

Descendants

English: shit, shite
Scots: shit

References

“shit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Verb

schite

Alternative form of schiten

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