Where does “skrotum” come from?

skrotum (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin scrotum, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skrotum (Norwegian Nynorsk): scrotum

Definitions

  1. scrotum

Ancestry of “skrotum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrotumscrotum
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin scrotum →