scot
English
/skɒt/
noun
Definitions
- (UK) A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scot inherited from Old English scot derived from Proto-Germanic *skutą (projectile, missile, bullet, that which is thrown, shot, that which is thrown cast).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skutą
Gloss
projectile, missile, bullet, that which is thrown, shot, that which is thrown cast
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
弾
Emoji
🚅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rome English
- Romescot English
- scot-free English
- shot English
- soul English
- soulscot English
- *skutą Proto-Germanic
- sceot Old English
- scot Old English
- scotfreo Old English
- *soule-scot Middle English
- Rome-scot Middle English
- scot Middle English
- scotfre Middle English
- skot Old Norse
- escot Old French
- scoz Old High German
- *skot Old Dutch
- *skot Frankish