Proto-IE: *ksew-, *ksew-n-
Meaning: to scrape, to cut
Old Indian: kṣurá- m. `razor; a thorny plant'; kṣnauti `to whet, sharpen', , ptc. kṣnutá-, kṣnótra- n. `whet-stone'
Avestan: hu-xšnuta- `gut geschärft'
Old Greek: ksǘō, aeol. ksǖ̂sai̯, pass. ksǖsthē̂nai̯, pf. pass. éksǖ̆smai̯ `schabe, reibe, glätte', ptc. ksǖ̆stó-; ksǖ̂sma n. `Abschabsel, Span, Zupfleinwand usw.', ksǖ́strǟ `Schaber, Striegel', ksǖ̂stron `Schaber, Feile; Sichel, Sense am Wagen'; ksüró-n n. `Rasiermesser'
Latin: novācula f. `scharfes Messer, Scher-, Rasiermesser; Dolch'
Russ. meaning: скоблить, резать
References: WP I 449 f
