Where does “скаля” come from?

скаля (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic skala, from Proto-Slavic skoliti — to cleave, to split.

скаля (Ukrainian): rock, cliff, crag (mass of projecting rock)

Definitions

  1. rock, cliff, crag (mass of projecting rock)

Ancestry of “скаля”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicskalacrack, cleft → sliver, fragment, wedge; rock
2Proto-Slavicskolitito cleave, to split
Every word from Proto-Slavic skoliti →Every word from Proto-Slavic skala →