Where does “skeusi” come from?

skeusi (Cornish) comes from Cornish i, from English eyes, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

skeusi (Cornish): to escape, elude

Definitions

  1. to escape, elude

Ancestry of “skeusi”, step by step

skeusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishithey
2Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—

via Cornish skeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishskeusshadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from English eyes →