skendh-

skendh-
    skendh-
    English meaning: to plunge
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “untertauchen”
    Note: only Gk. and Balt
    Material: Gk. σκινθός “untertauchend”; Lith. skęstù, skę̃sti “untersinken, ertrinken”, causative skandinù, -dìnti “ertränken”; O.Pruss. auskiēndlai “er go under”. Maybe Alb. (*skendh-) hedh “plunge, throw” [common Alb. sk- > h- phonetic mutation].
    References: WP. II 565, Trautmann 265.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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