Where does “schienale” come from?

schienale (Italian) comes from Italian -ale, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

schienale (Italian): back, backrest; saddle

Definitions

  1. back, backrest; saddle

Ancestry of “schienale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-aleAdded to nouns to form adjectives; -al
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Italian -ale →