Etymograph

English

shizer

Shizer comes from German Scheiße ‘shit’, from Proto-West Germanic *skiti ‘excrement, feces’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- ‘to part’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skeyd-1‘to part’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skītaz1reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skiti1‘excrement, feces’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050*skizi1reconstructed
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schīze1
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentScheiße2‘shit’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2001shizer2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, German Scheiße
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English shizer
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2001, : Stanley J. Crebshaw, Horklezorp DOTCOM Is...: “But they don’t have shizer porn in heaven, and…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skeyd-Wiktionary, German Scheiße‘to part’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skītazWiktionary, German Scheißereconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skitiWiktionary, German Scheiße‘excrement, feces’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050*skiziWiktionary, German Scheißereconstructed
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schīzeWiktionary, German Scheiße
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentScheißeWiktionary, English shizer‘shit’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2001shizerWiktionary, English shizer. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2001, : Stanley J. Crebshaw, Horklezorp DOTCOM Is...: “But they don’t have shizer porn in heaven, and…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- ‘to part’

shit, schedule, zest, rescind, schism, rescission, schist, 23 more

Today it means

noun Scatological-type pornography, especially if it is produced in Germany.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shizer”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for German Scheiße. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- / shizer

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