Where does “scintilia” come from?

scintilia (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “scintilia”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	scintilla	spark; glimmer
2	Proto-Indo-European	ski-nto-	—
3	Proto-Indo-European	skey-	to split, to dissect
4	Proto-Indo-European	sek-	to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scintilia”

shkëndijë
scãntealji
scãntiljedz
Шкяндев

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto- →