From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 67277
Date: 2011-03-23
On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 09:09 +0000, Torsten wrote:
[...]
> Ah, as I thought:
> http://runeberg.org/svetym/0785.html
> Swedish has <schakt>, obviously, because of lack of loan substitution
> of German sch- with sk-, a late loan, not, as Hock claims, <skakt>,
> which on the other hand is Danish, called 'fremmedord', "foreign word"
> by DEO.
The earliest citation in SAOB is for <Skachtenn>, the definite form used
in the name of a shaft. Also, from 1609: <Hwar man sänker och slår
igenom taket ifrån dagen till Streket, det kallas en Skakt.>
Brian