Where does “scărușă” come from?

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

Ancestry of “scărușă”, step by step

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