Where does “skåla” come from?

skåla (Norwegian Bokmål) 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.

skåla (Norwegian Bokmål): definite feminine singular of skål

Definitions

  1. definite feminine singular of skål

Ancestry of “skåla”, 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 “skåla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →