Where does “skała” come from?
skała (Polish) comes from German skala, 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.
skała (Polish): rock
Definitions
- rock
Ancestry of “skała”, step by step
skała traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German skala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | skala | scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence) |
| 2 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |