An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schutt

by Friedrich Kluge

Schutt, masculine, ‘rubbish, refuse, debris,’ Modern High German only; in Middle High German, schüt, feminine, ‘alluvium, deposition (of soil), rubbish’; allied to Modern High German schütten, ‘to shed, pour, discharge, heap up,’ Middle High German schüten, ‘to shake, swing, shed’; Old High German scutten, scuten (Italian scotolare, ‘to beat flax’); compare Old Saxon skuddian, ‘to shake, convulse,’ Dutch schudden, ‘to shake, convulse.’ Teutonic root skū̆d, ‘to convulse, shake,’ with which Middle High German and Modern High German schütteln, Old High German scutilôn, and Modern High German schüttern are connected as frequentatives. See schaudern.