Where does “cascalleiro” come from?

cascalleiro (Galician) comes from Galician -eiro, from Galician esca, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

cascalleiro (Galician): gravelly full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles

Definitions

  1. gravelly full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles

Ancestry of “cascalleiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-eiro-er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a...
2Galicianescatinder; bait
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-Every word from Latin scandōEvery word from Latin scandere
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