Where does “teskeið” come from?
teskeið (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skeið, from Old Norse skeið, from Proto-Germanic skaiþaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
teskeið (Icelandic): teaspoon
Ancestry of “teskeið”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | skeið | a spoon; a spoonful, a spoon; a scabbard |
| 2 | Old Norse | skeið | ship; sheath; reed, sley; reed, sley; warship;... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skaiþaną | to separate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skeyt- | to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |