Where does “scăzalcă” come from?

scăzalcă (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian kazaljka, from Serbo-Croatian kázati, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

scăzalcă (Romanian): indicator

Definitions

  1. indicator

Ancestry of “scăzalcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankazaljkaneedle, indicator (on a dial, instrument, measuring device etc.)
2Serbo-Croatiankázatito say, to state to indicate in a spoken or written form
3Proto-Slavickāzàtito show
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kāzàti →