Where does “scuti” come from?

scuti (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

scuti (Romanian): to exempt, exonerate, spare, save, absolve of

Definitions

  1. to exempt, exonerate, spare, save, absolve of

Ancestry of “scuti”, step by step

scuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
5Old Polishićto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian scut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscutshield
2Latinscūtuma type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskei-to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scuti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →