Where does “citi” come from?

citi (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic читати, from Proto-Slavic čitati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

citi (Romanian): to read

Definitions

  1. to read

Ancestry of “citi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчитати—
2Proto-Slavicčitatito read; to count
3Proto-Balto-Slavicskait-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “citi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait- →