Where does “скала” come from?

скала (Ukrainian) comes from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

скала (Ukrainian): scale (music), range, gamut

Definitions

  1. scale (music), range, gamut

Ancestry of “скала”, step by step

скала traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin scāla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscālaladder
2Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

via Proto-Slavic skala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicskalacrack, cleft → sliver, fragment, wedge; rock
2Proto-Slavicskolitito cleave, to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →