sgiath

I

a shield, Irish sgiath, Old Irish sciath, Welsh ysgwyd, Old Welsh scuit, Old Breton scoit Breton skoued: *skeito-; Church Slavonic stitu$$u, shield; Old Prussian scaytan, Norse skíð, firewood, billet of wood, tablet (Schräder); to which Bez. queries if Latin scûtum (*skoito-?) be allied.

II

a wing, Irish sgiathán, sgiath, Early Irish sciath (sciath n-ete, shoulder of the wing), Old Irish scíath, ala, pinaa, Welsh ysgwydd, shoulder, Cornish scuid, scapula, Breton skoaz: *skeito-, *skeidâ, shoulder-blade; Indo-European root sqid, Latin scindo; Greek $$Gshízw, split; Sanskrit chid, cut; further German scheiden, divide (Indo-European shheit), which agrees with the Gadelic form.