Where did the word skeet originate from

Use as Pejorative

Skeet has been called a pan-provincial slur against rural life. … Skeets are characterised as rough around the edges, unintelligent, poorly dressed, and poorly spoken.

There is a mention of the name in the 1275 Rotoli Hundredorum in Norfolk again. … The name is originally the Old Norse skjótt, believed to mean ‘swift’ or ‘fleet’, though some think that it may be a “joke” name, denoting people with the opposite characteristics, i.e. the slow and cumbersome.

skeet (countable and uncountable, plural skeets)

Yeet is an exclamation of excitement, approval, surprise, or all-around energy, often as issued when doing a dance move or throwing something.