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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skey-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Perhaps from a reanalysis of *sek- (“to cut”) +‎ *-éy-.

Root

*skey-

  1. to split, to dissect

Alternative reconstructions
  • *skēy-, *skeh₁-y-

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skey-‎ (17 c, 0 e)
  • *skey-(e)-ti (root present)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latgalian: škeit' (“to pluck”)
    • Proto-Celtic: *skeyeti (“to vomit”)
  • *ski-yé-ti (yé-present)
    • Proto-Italic: *skijō (“to distinguish, discern”)
      • Latin: sciō (“to know”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *skey-to-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Latgalian: škīts
      • Latvian: šķiets
      • Lithuanian: skietas
      • Proto-Slavic: *ščítъ (“shield”)[1] (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *skētos (“shield, cover”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *skey-t-ó-m (or *skeyt-ó-m)
    • Proto-Germanic: *skīdą (“stick”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *skoy-to-m (or *skoyt-o-m)
    • Proto-Italic: *skoitom
      • >? Latin: scūtum (“shield”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:

Extensions
  • *skey-d-
  • *skey-bʰ-, *skey-p-, *skey-b-?
    • ⇒
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Latvian: škibît (“to cut, lop (off)”)
        • Lithuanian: skiẽbti (“to rip up”)
    • ⇒ *skibʰ-on- or *skip-ón-
      • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skībǭ (“slice, thin layer”)
    • ⇒ *skib-o-m?
      • >? Proto-Germanic: *skipą (“hollow(ed-out) object; ship”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *skey-t-
    • ⇒ *skóyt-e-ti (o-grade present)
      • Proto-Germanic: *skaiþaną, *skaidaną (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ *skaiþiz (“carved-out hollow; sheath, vessel”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ščítъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 486
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