Where does “sculișoară” come from?

sculișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian scula, from Proto-Slavic skoliti — to cleave, to split.

sculișoară (Romanian): small tool

Definitions

  1. small tool

Ancestry of “sculișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansculato get up, stand up, rise; to wake, awaken; to...
2Proto-Slavicskolitito cleave, to split
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