shout English · revision 13246

− It is Middle English shouten, schowten, a word of unknown or uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The OED thinks a derivation from the root of [[shoot]] probable, on the idea of throwing the voice out loudly;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) it may also be related to Old Norse skúta, a taunt (compare [[scout]], to mock),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) and both are traced to PIE *skeud-, to shoot, chase, throw.^(Etymonline)