Where does “Scheedung” come from?

Scheedung (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish scheeden, from Old High German skeidan, from Proto-Germanic skaiþaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Scheedung (Luxembourgish): divorce

Definitions

  1. divorce

Ancestry of “Scheedung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishscheedento separate; to divorce
2Old High Germanskeidan—
3Proto-Germanicskaiþanąto separate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskeyt-to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
6Proto-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-Indo-European skeyt- →