Where does “scoabă” come from?

scoabă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic скоба, from Proto-Slavic skoba, from Portuguese escovar, from Latin scōpāre, from Latin scōpa, from Proto-Italic *skōpā.

scoabă (Romanian): niche, recess; chisel; crampon

Definitions

  1. niche, recess; chisel; crampon

Ancestry of “scoabă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicскоба—
2Proto-Slavicskobabracket
3Portugueseescovarto brush, sweep
4Latinscōpāre—
5Latinscōpabranch of a plant
6Proto-Italic*skōpā—

Words derived from “scoabă”

Every word from Proto-Italic *skōpā →Every word from Latin scōpa →Every word from Latin scōpāre →