Where does “*śćand-” come from?
*śćand- (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćand-, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
Ancestry of “*śćand-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *śćand- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |