Etymograph

English

shooting

Shooting comes from Middle English shoting, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *skutungō.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skutungō1reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150scotung1
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500shoting1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2018shooting1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English shooting
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, Richard Ayoade, The Last Leg: “Well, I've always been progun, you know that. It's...…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skutungōWiktionary, English shootingreconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150scotungWiktionary, English shooting
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500shotingWiktionary, English shooting
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2018shootingWiktionary, English shooting. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, Richard Ayoade, The Last Leg: “Well, I've always been progun, you know that. It's...…”

Formed from shoot + -ing

Proto-Germanic *skeutaną ‘to shoot, dash’

Proto-West Germanic *skeutan ‘to shoot’

Old English scēotan ‘to shoot’

Middle English scheten

English shoot

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *skutungō

Today it means

adj Moving or growing quickly

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skutungō / shooting

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