Where does “cytanje” come from?

cytanje (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian cytaś, from Proto-Slavic čitati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

cytanje (Lower Sorbian): reading; lecture; verbal noun of cytaś

Definitions

  1. reading; lecture; verbal noun of cytaś

Ancestry of “cytanje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbiancytaśread
2Proto-Slavicčitatito read; to count
3Proto-Balto-Slavicskait-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait- →