Where does “читател” come from?

читател (Macedonian) comes from Proto-Slavic *čitateľь, from Proto-Slavic čitati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

читател (Macedonian): reader

Definitions

  1. reader

Ancestry of “читател”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*čitateľь—
2Proto-Slavicčitatito read; to count
3Proto-Balto-Slavicskait-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “читател”

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