Where does “skeyt-” come from?

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

skeyt- (Proto-Indo-European): to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...

Definitions

  1. to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...

Ancestry of “skeyt-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skeyt-

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