Where does “portsculă” come from?

portsculă (Romanian) comes from Romanian scula, from Proto-Slavic skoliti — to cleave, to split.

portsculă (Romanian): tool holder

Definitions

  1. tool holder

Ancestry of “portsculă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansculato get up, stand up, rise; to wake, awaken; to...
2Proto-Slavicskolitito cleave, to split
Every word from Proto-Slavic skoliti →Every word from Romanian scula →
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