Geschoss.
projectile
Meaning & usage
projectile
storey, floor
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German geschoȥ, Old High German giscoȥ, derivation of the equivalent of schießen (“to shoot”), i.e. "that which is shot (a projectile)". The "floor, story" sense follows a semantic development "to shoot" > "to shoot up, go up quickly in height" > "levels of height" > "floor, story".
a kind of tax paid by landowners or cities for protection by their sovereign
Where this word comes from
ge- + Schoss m, the latter being something shot (√ schießen) and later also something zugeschossen according to modern terminology and hence this tax.
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