Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ski-nto-”

56 words across 15 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto- — including tinsel, stencil, scintillation, scintillating, scintillator, scintilla, scintillate, Tinseltown.

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English (12)

Latin (9)

French (6)

Spanish (5)

Portuguese (4)

Old French (4)

Italian (3)

Aromanian (2)

German (2)

Romanian (2)

Middle French (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Catalan (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle English (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto- — 56 descendants | Etymology Explorer