- sgath
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lop off, Irish sgathaim, Early Irish scothaim; Indo-European, root skath, cut; Greek $$Ga$$'skcqc/s, unscathed, $$Gsjázw, cut; English scathe, German schaden, hurt; Sanskrit chá, lop. The root appears variously as skhê, ska, skêi, ske (Greek $$Gskedánnumi). It is possible to refer sgath to the root seq, cut, Latin seco, English section. See sgian.II(sh., Arms., sgàth, H.S.D.), a wattled door:
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.