Where does “čisty” come from?

čisty (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic čistъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas, from Proto-Indo-European skidtos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd-.

čisty (Upper Sorbian): pure; clean

Definitions

  1. pure; clean

Ancestry of “čisty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčistъclean, pure
2Proto-Balto-Slavicskīstas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskidtossplit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)keyd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skidtos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas →
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