Scheiße

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German word Scheiße comes from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, Proto-Indo-European *skei-d-, and later Proto-Germanic *skitiz (Feces; shit.)

*skeyt- (Proto-Indo-European)

*skei-d- (Proto-Indo-European)

*skitiz (Proto-Germanic)

Feces; shit.

*skīta- (Proto-Germanic)

*skizi (Old High German)

schīze (Middle High German)

Scheiße (German)

(vulgar) feces, shit. (vulgar, figuratively) something worthless, shit.

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