skott

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse skopt (“lock of hair, hair from the head”) (whence also Nynorsk skoft (“tail [of birds]”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuftą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skɔht/ Rhymes: -ɔht === Noun === skott n (genitive singular skotts, nominative plural skott) (animals, especially dogs, cats and foxes) a tail Synonym: (of a dog or cat) rófa (dress) 18th century Icelandic women's head wear (automotive) a trunk, a boot, the luggage storage compartment of a car ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ná í skottið á leggja niður skottið ==== See also ==== dyndill hali rófa stél stýri tagl === References === 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?”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Dutch schot, from Old Dutch skut. === Noun === skott n (definite singular skottet, indefinite plural skott, definite plural skotta or skottene) a bulkhead (on a ship) === References === “skott” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “skott” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish skut, skot, from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą. Cognate of English shot, German Schoss. === Noun === skott n a shot (firing a weapon) a shoot (on a plant) a bulkhead (on a ship) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: skodata (“to kick”) (Helsinki slang) ⇒ skodia (“to kick (continuative)”) (Helsinki slang) ==== See also ==== skotta skotte Skottland stickling === Verb === skott supine of sko === Further reading === “skott”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) skott in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)