Proto-Germanic

*skaiþiz

‘sheath, covering’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz, most familiar first.

• sheath ← sheth ← sċēaþ ← *skaiþiju
• skeet ← skeið
• sheather ← schethere ← schethe ← sċēaþ ← *skaiþiju

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz