Where does “skait-” come from?

skait- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “skait-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skait-”

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