Where does “skambʰás” come from?

skambʰás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian skambʰás, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “skambʰás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianskambʰáspillar, support
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian skambʰás →