Where does “schelă” come from?
schelă (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian skela, from Turkish iskele, from Ottoman Turkish اسكله, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
schelă (Romanian): scaffolding
Definitions
- scaffolding
Ancestry of “schelă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | skela | ferry; scaffold |
| 2 | Turkish | iskele | framework; scaffolding; pier, quay, port |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اسكله | wharf, pier, quay, dock, jetty |
| 4 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 6 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |