Where does “skaalautua” come from?
skaalautua (Finnish) comes from Finnish skaalata, from Finnish skaala, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
skaalautua (Finnish): To become scaled
Definitions
- To become scaled
Ancestry of “skaalautua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | skaalata | to scale (up or down) to change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion |
| 2 | Finnish | skaala | scale, scope |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |