Where does “skoitum” come from?

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

Ancestry of “skoitum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskeytom—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeytom →