Where does “scegþ” come from?

scegþ (Old English) comes from Old Norse skeið, from Proto-Germanic skaiþaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scegþ (Old English): a small, light ship

Definitions

  1. a small, light ship

Ancestry of “scegþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskeiðship; sheath; reed, sley; reed, sley; warship;...
2Proto-Germanicskaiþanąto separate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeyt-to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
5Proto-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- →