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Where does “skeyd-ro-s” come from?

skeyd-ro-s (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European skeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “skeyd-ro-s”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskeyd-to split, to divide
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skeyd-ro-s”

  • szczodry
  • Szczodry
  • Szczodruch
  • szczodrość
  • štědrý
  • štědrost
  • ščedrъ
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