an old hollow oak ) reconstructs sweeping away, σκοῖδος skoidos administrator,secretary, quaestor ( Elimeia -late 4th-mid. 3rd c. BC) PIE *skei- 'to cut, split' cf. Greek schizo 'to split', schedos 'riddle', schediazo improvise Lithuanian skedzu 'make thin, separate, divide', Latin scindere 'to split', Gothic skaidan, O.E. sceadan 'to divide, separate'. LSJ