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Where does “skian” come from?

skian (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek-.

Ancestry of “skian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskehanąto jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḱek-—

Words derived from “skian”

  • schielijk
  • schielike
  • schelike
  • schien
  • skielik
  • sjeeje
  • sji-jje
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