Reconstruction:Dacian/skuia

This Dacian 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.

Dacian

*skuia (Picea abies)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skuy-eh₂, from *skwey- (“needle, prickle, thorn”).

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *xvoja (“needles or branches of conifer”) (whence also Russian хво́я (xvója), Polish choja), Lithuanian skujà (“needle of a coniferous tree”), Latvian skuja (“needle of a fir-tree”), Proto-Celtic *skʷiy-at-s (“hawthorn”) (whence also Breton spezad (“gooseberry”), Cornish spedhas (“briars”), Welsh ysbyddad (“hawthorn”), Scottish Gaelic sceathan (“thorn bush”), Pictish *ᚄᚚᚔᚌᚐᚇ (*spijad, “thorn”)).

Proper noun

*skuia

1. spruce, fir-tree (Abies balsamea)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Σκουάνες (Skouánes) (toponym)