Etymology

From Old East Slavic скытати ся ‎(skytati sja), cognate with Serbian Church Slavonic скытати сѧ ‎(skytati sę), Ukrainian скита́тися ‎(skytátysja), Bulgarian ски́там се ‎(skítam se), Serbo-Croatian ски́тати се, Slovene skítati sе. More distantly cognate with Lithuanian kutė́ti ‎(“to shake”), Old Norse skundа ‎(“to hurry”), Old Saxon scuddian ‎(“to shake, to push”), Old High German scutten ‎(“to shake, to push”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skʲɪˈtat͡sːə]