Where does “skeita” come from?

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

Ancestry of “skeita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to-m—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skeita”

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