Where does “scrōtan” come from?

scrōtan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic skraudan, from Proto-Germanic skraudaną, from Proto-Indo-European skrówdʰ-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European skrew-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “scrōtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskraudanto cut up, shred
2Proto-Germanicskraudanąto cut up, to shred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskrówdʰ-e-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskrew-to cut; cutting tool
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scrōtan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skrew- →