Where does “scutință” come from?

scutință (Romanian) comes from Romanian scuti, 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 — to go.

scutință (Romanian): protection

Definitions

  1. protection

Ancestry of “scutință”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscutito exempt, exonerate, spare, save, absolve of
2Romanianiand
3Old Church Slavonicиand; him
4Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
5Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
6Old Polishićto go
7Proto-Slavicjьtito go
8Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →