Where does “skaitīt” come from?

skaitīt (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skaitīt (Latvian): to count to say the numbers in order

Definitions

  1. to count to say the numbers in order

Ancestry of “skaitīt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicskait-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skaitīt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait- →