Where does “beaufortskala” come from?
beaufortskala (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk skåla, 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.
beaufortskala (Norwegian Nynorsk): the Beaufort scale
Definitions
- the Beaufort scale