Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*skey-
11 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *skey-, most common first.
- shipA water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- skiOne of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
- kyleA narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
- scatterTo (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- sheathA holster for a sword; a scabbard.
- skeinA quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
- prescientExhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
- sheaveA wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
- plebiscitumA law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.
- sheatheTo put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- shoadLoose fragments (often of metal ore) mixed with earth.