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Where does “skāł” come from?

skāł (Vilamovian) comes from Polish skała, from German skala, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

skāł (Vilamovian): rock

Definitions

  1. rock

Ancestry of “skāł”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishskałarock
2Germanskala—
3Italianscalaladder; stair; scale
4Byzantine Greekσκάλα—
5Latinscāla—
6Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
7Latinscandō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →