Where does “citit” come from?

citit (Romanian) comes from Romanian citi, 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.

citit (Romanian): read

Definitions

  1. read

Ancestry of “citit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancitito read
2Old Church Slavonicчитати—
3Proto-Slavicčitatito read; to count
4Proto-Balto-Slavicskait-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait- →
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