Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skeyd-

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

Extended form of the root *skey-.

Root

*skeyd- (perfective)

1. to split, to divide

Derived terms

• *skéyd-t ~ *skid-ént (athematic root aorist)
• *ski-né-d-ti ~ *ski-n-d-énti (nasal-infix present)
• *skid-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *skʰíďďō
    • Ancient Greek: σχίζω (skhízō) (with unexplained -kh-)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sčidyáti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śćidyáti
      • Sanskrit: छिद्यते (chídyate, chidyáte)
• *skéyd-ye-ti (full-grade ye-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skeistei
    • Latvian: šķiest, šķiêst
    • Lithuanian: skíesti
• *skoyd-o-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *skītaz (see there for further descendants)
• *skeyd-ro-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skeidras
• *skéyd-ti-s ~ *skid-téy-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *skʰístis
    • Ancient Greek: σχίσις (skhísis)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *śćítˢtiš (zero-grade)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śćíttiṣ
      • Sanskrit: छित्ति (chítti)
• *skid-tó-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *skʰistós
    • Ancient Greek: σχιστός (skhistós)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ցտեմ (cʻtem)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • (see there for further descendants)
    • (see there for further descendants)