Where does “skroto” come from?

skroto (Esperanto) comes from Latin scrotum, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skroto (Esperanto): scrotum

Definitions

  1. scrotum

Ancestry of “skroto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrotumscrotum
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin scrotum →
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