Scheit.
log, billet, stick (of firewood)
Meaning & usage
log, billet, stick (of firewood)
Beim Hacken des Brennholzes flogen die Scheite fast bis zum Dach.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German schīt, from Old High German scīt (“log of wood”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīd (“piece of wood”). Cognate with West Frisian skīd, Old Norse skíð (“plank; billet; ski”), Old English sċīd, English shide, Ancient Greek σχίζα (skhíza, “splinter”), Latvian skaida (“chip”), Lithuanian skëdrà. Doublet of Ski.
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