Where does “skaistei” come from?
skaistei (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skéyd-sti, from Proto-Indo-European skeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Ancestry of “skaistei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | skéyd-sti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | skeyd- | to split, to divide |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “skaistei”