Ski words
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Ski: related to Old Norse skið "long snowshoe," literally "stick of wood, firewood," German Scheit "log," from Proto-Germanic *skid- "to divide, split,"
from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split." which forms all or part of: conscience, schism, shizo, shin, shit, shiver, shyster
Sanskrit chindhi, chinatti "to break, split up;" Greek skhizein, Latin scindere, Armenian c'tim "to tear, scratch; Old Irish sceid "to vomit, spit;"
Carve:
Middle English kerven "to cut,"
from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch," making carve the English cognate of Greek graphein "to write," originally "to scratch" on clay tablets with a stylus.
Snow:
from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz
PIE root *sniegwh- "snow; to snow" (source also of Greek nipha, Latin nix (genitive nivis), Old Irish snechta, Irish sneachd, Welsh nyf, Lithuanian sniegas, Old Prussian snaygis, Old Church Slavonic snegu, Russian snieg', Slovak sneh "snow").
The cognate in Sanskrit, snihyati, came to mean "he gets wet."
Ice:
from Proto-Germanic *is- "ice" of uncertain origin; possible relatives are Avestan aexa- "frost, ice," isu- "frosty, icy;" Afghan asai "frost."
Is anyone else interested in looking up the etymology of words?
Ski: related to Old Norse skið "long snowshoe," literally "stick of wood, firewood," German Scheit "log," from Proto-Germanic *skid- "to divide, split,"
from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split." which forms all or part of: conscience, schism, shizo, shin, shit, shiver, shyster
Sanskrit chindhi, chinatti "to break, split up;" Greek skhizein, Latin scindere, Armenian c'tim "to tear, scratch; Old Irish sceid "to vomit, spit;"
Carve:
Middle English kerven "to cut,"
from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch," making carve the English cognate of Greek graphein "to write," originally "to scratch" on clay tablets with a stylus.
Snow:
from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz
PIE root *sniegwh- "snow; to snow" (source also of Greek nipha, Latin nix (genitive nivis), Old Irish snechta, Irish sneachd, Welsh nyf, Lithuanian sniegas, Old Prussian snaygis, Old Church Slavonic snegu, Russian snieg', Slovak sneh "snow").
The cognate in Sanskrit, snihyati, came to mean "he gets wet."
Ice:
from Proto-Germanic *is- "ice" of uncertain origin; possible relatives are Avestan aexa- "frost, ice," isu- "frosty, icy;" Afghan asai "frost."