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Where does “skioȥan” come from?

skioȥan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic skeutan, from Proto-Germanic skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- — to advance, push; to drive, propel.

Ancestry of “skioȥan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskeutanto shoot
2Proto-Germanicskeutanąto shoot
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel
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