schot

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Homophone: Schot

From Middle Dutch scot, schot, from Old Dutch *skot, from Proto-West Germanic *skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą. Cognate with Old Norse skot, Old High German skoz. Doublet of shot.

schot n (plural schoten, diminutive schotje n)

1. shot, act of shooting
2. missile, projectile

• voorschot

• geschut
• scheut
• schieten

• Negerhollands: skud

From Middle Dutch scot (“partition”), from Old Dutch skut, skot. Further etymology unclear, but likely related to schutten. Compare German Schott.

schot n (plural schotten, diminutive schotje n)

1. a divider that partitions a larger space into smaller ones (traditionally wooden planks, but could be made of any materials)

• tussenschot
• voorschot

• → Papiamentu: skòt, skot

Inherited from Old English sċot, ġesċot, from Proto-West Germanic *skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą.

However, forms with final -e (such as schote) appear in texts where it indicates /ə/ rather than being orthographic, meaning that reinforcement from an *sċote (probably an alteration of sċyte with the vocalism of (ġe)sċot) is likely. The "payment" sense is perhaps from Old English sċēotan (“to pay”) (a sense that is not recorded for Middle English scheten).

• schote, shot, shote
• schotte, shoot, shet, shott, shotte (chiefly Late Middle English)
• ssote (Gloucestershire); schoyt (Leicestershire); schete (Norfolk)

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ̞ːt(ə)/ (from open-syllable lengthening in inflected forms or Old English *sċote)
• IPA^(key): /ʃeːt/, /ʃoːt/ (influenced by scheten)
• IPA^(key): /ʃɛt/ (influenced by the past forms of scheten)

schot (plural schotes or schottes)

1. A missile or projectile; a thrown or fired weapon.
2. The firing of a projectile; shooting:
   1. The range of a missile (the length it travels)
   2. (figurative) Discharge of fluid (usually semen)
3. In the following contexts, a payment or price:
   1. (rare) A tax or charge.
   2. (rare) One's contribution to the bill at a tavern.
4. (rare) Any long and slender object (like an arrow):
   1. A bolt for a door or gate.
   2. A fresh branch; a sprig.
5. (rare) A rush; a sudden quick movement.
   1. (physiology) A spasmodic movement; a jerk.
6. (rare, in the plural) A projectile weapon (weapon that launches projectiles)

• English: shot; shoot (noun) (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: schot
  • Scots: shot, shoat, shote

• “shō̆t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “shot, n.¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

schot

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of scheten