Where does “szalupka” come from?
szalupka (Polish) comes from Polish szalupa, from Spanish chalupa, from French chaloupé, from Middle French chaloppe, from Old French eschalope, from Old French eschale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere — to jump up, ascend.
Ancestry of “szalupka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | szalupa | jolly boat, shallop |
| 2 | Spanish | chalupa | shallop, sloop, launch; flip-flop, slipper,... |
| 3 | French | chaloupé | swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper |
| 4 | Middle French | chaloppe | nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat |
| 5 | Old French | eschalope | shell; pod, shell, nutshell |
| 6 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 7 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 8 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 9 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |