Where does “skaitytojas” come from?

skaitytojas (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian skaitýti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic (s)keit-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷoyt-.

skaitytojas (Lithuanian): reader person who reads

Definitions

  1. reader person who reads

Ancestry of “skaitytojas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianskaitýtito read
2Proto-Balto-Slavic(s)keit-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷoyt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷoyt- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic (s)keit- →Every word from Lithuanian skaitýti →