schat

Middle English

/ʃat/

noun
Definitions
  • Money, cash, currency; monetary or fiscal wealth.
  • Wares, possessions, property; that which is owned.
  • (rare) A bit or section of something.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sċeatt inherited from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (cattle, treasure, wealth, money, hoard, goods, owndom, geld, kine).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skattaz

Gloss

cattle, treasure, wealth, money, hoard, goods, owndom, geld, kine

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

財

Emoji

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