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Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeita (inherited)
←
Proto-Indo-European *skey- (root)
←
Proto-Indo-European (inherited)
←
Proto-Indo-European *skey- (mention)
←
Old East Slavic щитъ (inherited)
←
Serbo-Croatian štit (cognate)
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Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (inherited)
→
Belarusian шчыт (cognate)