An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schützen

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Schütze

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

schützen

schwach

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry schützen.

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2653244An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schützenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schützen, verb, ‘to protect, guard, defend, shelter,’ from Middle High German schützen, ‘to embank, dam up, protect,’ which, according to Middle High German beschüten, ‘to protect,’ implies Old High German *skutisôn. The primary meaning is evident from Middle High German schüte, schüt, feminine, ‘earth-wall’ which is identical with Schutt.