Where does “skala” come from?
skala (Slovak) comes from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
skala (Slovak): rock
Ancestry of “skala”, step by step
skala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin scāla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 2 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Proto-Slavic skala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | skala | crack, cleft → sliver, fragment, wedge; rock |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | skoliti | to cleave, to split |
Words derived from “skala”