Remember, remember, the Ides of Lexember! We’re halfway there, folks!
I didn’t have room today to include the full etymology, so that’s your blog bonus today.
Wauðuskīča is made up of the word wauðus ‘forest’ (← MV wawðus ← OV vavdyus ← Grt. *walþus ← PGmc *walþuz) and the verb skītna ‘to shit’ (← MV scîtɴ ← OV *skijtan ← Grt. *skītan ← PGmc *skeitaną) with weak agentive ending ‑ia (← MV ‑ja ← OV ‑ja ← Grt. ‑ja ← PGmc ‑jô), which causes palatalization of the final consonant of the verb (ergo, skītia → skīča).
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