Proto-Indo-European

*skey-

‘to split, to dissect’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *skey-.

65 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *skey-, most familiar first.

• nice ← nyce ← nescius ← nesciō ← sciō
• science ← scientia ← sciēns ← sciō ← *skijō
• ship ← chip ← sċip ← *skip ← *skipą
• equipment ← équipement ← équiper ← esquiper ← esquiper
• scientific ← scientifique ← scientificus ← scientia ← sciēns
• shift ← schiften ← sċiftan ← *skiftijan ← *skiftijaną
• shipping ← schipping ← scipian ← *skipōną ← *skipą
• shed ← scheden ← scēadan ← *skaiþan ← *skaiþaną
• skip ← skipper ← schip ← scip ← *skipą
• conscious ← cōnscius ← sciō ← *skijō
• kyle ← caol ← cáel ← coíl ← *koilos
• ski ← skíð ← *skīdą

More words from *skey-

• nicely
• conscience
• shin
• skipper
• squire
• sheath
• skeet
• scuttle
• prescient
• skiff
• chine
• omniscience
• skein
• scullery
• prescience
• shud
• sheathe
• scutum
• skive
• scutellum
• scient
• scute
• scudo
• antiship
• scienter
• scutage
• adscititious
• escuage
• kippage
• nescient
• omniscious
• plebiscitum
• sciolism
• sciolist
• scutiform
• scita
• scienda
• scutate
• sciential
• scutellate
• scutelliform
• scutiferous
• sciolous
• sciscitation
• scutulum
• scitament
• sheather
• shoad
• shipful
• shiply
• skyf
• tahchin
• unscience

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skey-