Where does “escalop” come from?

escalop (English) comes from Old French escalope, from Old French escale, from Old High German skala, from Proto-Germanic skalō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

escalop (English): A scallop; A regular, curving indenture in the...

Definitions

  1. A scallop; A regular, curving indenture in the...

Ancestry of “escalop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescalopeshell
2Old Frenchescaleshell
3Old High Germanskala—
4Proto-Germanicskalōshell; lump, ball
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “escalop”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skalō →