Where does “skatīšana” come from?

skatīšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian skatīt, from Latvian skast, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sket-, from Proto-Indo-European skel-, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

skatīšana (Latvian): seeing, looking

Definitions

  1. seeing, looking

Ancestry of “skatīšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianskatītto look at, to see; to see, to watch; to see, to...
2Latvianskast—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicsket-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskel-to be obligated, owe; to be guilty
5Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skel- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sket- →
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