skott

From Old Norse skopt (“lock of hair, hair from the head”) (whence also Nynorsk skoft (“tail [of birds]”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuftą.

• IPA^(key): /skɔht/
• Rhymes: -ɔht

skott n (genitive singular skotts, nominative plural skott)

1. (animals, especially dogs, cats and foxes) a tail
2. (dress) 18th century Icelandic women's head wear
3. (automotive) a trunk, a boot, the luggage storage compartment of a car

• (tail): (of a dog or cat) rófa

• ná í skottið á
• leggja niður skottið

• dyndill
• hali
• rófa
• stél
• stýri
• tagl

• Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan koma orð eins og rófa, skott, tagl og hali sem eru ekki til í Norðurlandamálum? (“Where do words that don't exist in the Nordic languages such as rófa, skott, tagl and hali come from?”)

Inherited from Old Swedish skut, skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą. Cognate of English shot, German Schoss.

skott n

1. a shot (firing a weapon)
2. a shoot (on a plant)
3. a bulkhead (on a ship)

• skotta
• skotte
• Skottland
• stickling

skott

1. supine of sko

• skott in Svensk ordbok.
• skott in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)