Where does “scamă” come from?

scamă (Romanian) comes from Latin squāma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

scamă (Romanian): fuzz, lint, fluff; flock

Definitions

  1. fuzz, lint, fluff; flock

Ancestry of “scamă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsquāmascale (of a fish or reptile)
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “scamă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Latin squāma →