Where does “scalco” come from?

scalco (Italian) comes from Lombardic skalk, from Proto-Germanic skalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

scalco (Italian): carver; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. carver; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “scalco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lombardicskalkserf
2Proto-Germanicskalkazservant
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skalkaz →