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Where does “skindō” come from?

skindō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skinédti, from Proto-Indo-European sḱeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą, from Proto-Indo-European skÁit- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

skindō (Proto-Italic): to cut, to tear, to rend, to separate

Definitions

  1. to cut, to tear, to rend, to separate

Ancestry of “skindō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskinédtito be cutting off
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḱeyd-to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut...
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
4Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

Words derived from “skindō”

  • rescind
  • abscission
  • scissile
  • absciss
  • rescindment
  • rescindable
  • scissure
  • exscind
  • circumscissile
  • abscind
  • scissiparity
  • discided
  • rescindible
  • discide
  • unrescindable
  • rescinder
  • scissible
  • abscissin
  • scise
  • nonscissile
  • discind
  • rescindeth
  • scissile(m)
  • abscindens
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