kaə-id-

To strike. Oldest form *keə₂-id-, colored to *kaə₂-id-.

1. caesura, cement, cestus², chisel, -cide, scissor; abscise, circumcise, concise, decide, excise², incise, precise, recision, from Latin caedere, to cut, strike.

2. Caelum, ceil, sallet, from Latin caelum (? < *caedum), sculptor's chisel.

 

[Pokorny (s)k(h)ai- 917.]

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