An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schrot

by Friedrich Kluge

Schrot, n., ‘block, log of wood, shot, groats,’ from MidHG. schrôt, m., ‘cut, incision, piece cut or sawed off,’ OHG. scrôt, ‘cut’; allied to schroten, MidHG. schrôten, OHG. scrôtan, ‘to hew, cut, cut off, hack to pieces,’ MidHG. also ‘to cut out clothes’ (whence schrôtœre, ‘tailor,’ and the proper name Schröter), ‘to roll, revolve.’ Comp. Scand. skrjôðr, ‘torn book,’ AS. screádian, ‘to cut,’ E. to shred, to which also AS. scrûd, ‘dress,’ E. shroud, are allied. Root skrū̆d from skrū̆t?. With this is connected Lat. scrûtari, ‘to examine,’ to which AS. scrudnian and OHG. scrotôn, ‘to examine,’ are allied?. ModHG. Hornschröter, ‘horn-beetle,’ from MidHG. schrœtel, lit. ‘gnawer.’