Where does “skeitum” come from?
skeitum (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 “skeitum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | skey-to-m | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “skeitum”