Where does “skalniczka” come from?
skalniczka (Polish) comes from Polish skalnik, 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.
skalniczka (Polish): any rock rat of the genus Aconaemys
Definitions
- any rock rat of the genus Aconaemys
Ancestry of “skalniczka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | skalnik | rockrunner (Achaetops pycnopygius) |
| 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 |