Where does “skala” come from?

skala (German) comes from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

skala (German): scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence)

Definitions

  1. scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence)

Ancestry of “skala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscalaladder; stair; scale
2Byzantine Greekσκάλα—
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “skala”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →