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Where does “skif-” come from?

skif- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “skif-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskeyt-to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skif-”

  • шайба
  • Autoscheibe
  • scheibenförmig
  • Scheibe
  • Heckscheibe
  • Kniescheibe
  • Zeitscheibe
  • Fensterscheibe
  • Bremsscheibe
  • Glasscheibe
  • Schaufensterscheibe
  • scheibchenförmig
  • Scheibenwischer
  • Zeitschlitz
  • scheibchenweise
  • Scheibchen
  • skivbroms
  • CD-skiva
  • samlingsskiva
  • skivbolag
  • EP-skiva
  • LP-skiva
  • skiva
  • szyba
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