Where does “skalniak” come from?
skalniak (Polish) comes from Polish Skalny, from Polish skała, from German skala, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
skalniak (Polish): rock-wallaby
Definitions
- rock-wallaby
Ancestry of “skalniak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Skalny | rock |
| 2 | Polish | skała | rock |
| 3 | German | skala | scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence) |
| 4 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 6 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |