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
Ancestry of “skrotum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | scrotum | scrotum |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |