Where does “scărățuie” come from?

scărățuie (Romanian) comes from Romanian scăriță, from Romanian scară, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

Ancestry of “scărățuie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscărițăsmall ladder
2Romanianscarăladder; stairs, staircase; scale
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-
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