Where does “sceidan” come from?

sceidan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic skaiþaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “sceidan”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Germanic	skaiþaną	to separate
2	Proto-Indo-European	skeyt-	to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...
3	Proto-Indo-European	skey-	to split, to dissect
4	Proto-Indo-European	sek-	to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sceidan”

schei
Scheidemünze
Höhenunterschied
entscheiden
verschiedenartig
verschiedenfarbig
ausscheiden
unterscheiden
verschieden
Massenunterschied
Unterschied
unterschiedlich
Scheiding
scheiden
verschiedenförmig
verschiedentlich
verscheiden
scheiden

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