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Where does “skála” come from?
skála (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic skala, from Proto-Slavic skoliti — to cleave, to split.
Ancestry of “skála”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Slavic
skala
crack, cleft → sliver, fragment, wedge; rock
2
Proto-Slavic
skoliti
to cleave, to split
Words derived from “skála”
Scala
skála
skalní
skalník
skalňáček
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