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-”

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