An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schießen

by Friedrich Kluge

schießen, vb., ‘to shoot,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schieȥen, OHG. scioȥan; the corresponding vb. occurs in the same sense in all the OTeut. dials.; comp. OSax. skeotan (Du. schieten), AS. sčeótan (E. to shoot), OIc. skjóta, Goth. (by chance not recorded) *skiutan. The root skut, ‘to shoot,’ from pre-Teut. skud, is widely diffused in Teut., and corresponds to the Sans. root kšud, ‘to shatter, excite,’ or better with Sans. skund, ‘to leap forth.’ For derivatives see Schoß, Schuß, Schutz, and Schütze.