Etymology

(1) Knigge (78, 88) derives from ON skundi (cp. OIcel skundi ‘speed’), formed on the stem of the ON v. represented by OIcel skunda ‘to speed, hasten’.  (2) Other authorities derive from ME schount.

PGmc Ancestor

(1) *skunð-; (2)?*skunōjan- 

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

(1) skundi ‘speed’; cp. skunda (v.) ‘to speed, hasten’; (2)  skunda (v.) ‘to speed, hasten’
(ONP (1) skundi (sb.); (2) skunda (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

(1) Far skundur, Icel skundi, Norw skunde

OE Cognate

(2) scunian ‘to shun, avoid; be afraid, abhor'

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1c

Attestation

Schunt only occurs as a n. before the 19c in Gaw. 

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 2268

Bibliography

MED shunt (n.) , OED shunt (n.) , HTOED , Dance shunt (n.)