Where does “skede” come from?

skede (Swedish) comes from Old Norse skeið, from Proto-Germanic skaiþaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skede (Swedish): a stage, a phase (delimited part of something that happens)

Definitions

  1. a stage, a phase (delimited part of something that happens)

Ancestry of “skede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskeiðship; sheath; reed, sley; reed, sley; warship;...
2Proto-Germanicskaiþanąto separate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeyt-to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skede”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeyt- →