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Where does “escale” come from?

escale (Old French) comes from Old High German skala, from Proto-Germanic skalō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

escale (Old French): shell

Definitions

  1. shell

Ancestry of “escale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanskala—
2Proto-Germanicskalōshell; lump, ball
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “escale”

  • escalop
  • escaloped
  • écale
  • escalope
  • êcale
  • scalope
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