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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskéyd-sti
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskeyd-to split, to divide
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skaistei

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeyd-