Where does “esca” come from?
esca (Galician) comes from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
esca (Galician): tinder; bait
Ancestry of “esca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 2 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |