Where does “اسقندیل” come from?
اسقندیل (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Italian scandaglio, from Latin scandaculum, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
اسقندیل (Ottoman Turkish): plummet, plumb line, a cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line
Definitions
- plummet, plumb line, a cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line
Ancestry of “اسقندیل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scandaglio | sounding, fathoming; lead; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | scandaculum | ladder |
| 3 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |