schaetse

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkja (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).

Noun

schāetse m or f

1. peg leg, crutch
2. stilt

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: schaats
• Limburgish: sjaats

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schaetse”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN