Proto-Celtic · reconstructed language
*skeitos
noun
Meaning
- shield, protection
Etymology / origin
From Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Latin scūtum, Russian щит (ščit), and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).
- щитъ(Old Church Slavonic)→
- щит(Russian)→
- scūtum(la)→
- *skey-(ine-pro)→
- skeitos (Proto-Celtic)
- Relations: inh, cog, cog, cog
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