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Where does “skalā” come from?

skalā (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Ancestry of “skalā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
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