shoot

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  • From Middle English shoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European, from *(s)kewd-.
  • Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть, Albanian hedh ("to throw, toss"), Persian چست ("quick, active"), Lithuanian skudrùs.
  • Minced oath for shit.

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