schicht

Etymology
From, from , from , derived from (from which ). The meaning was "something that shoots forward" and is only attested in Dutch; the German near-cognate preserves the earlier meaning "forward movement" and hence "that which proceeds/occurs".

Noun

 * 1)  dart, arrow, bolt
 * 2) beam of light, flash
 * 3)  cincinnus, scorpioid cyme