Where does “ysgol” come from?
ysgol (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh yscawl, from Latin scala, from Latin scadla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
ysgol (Welsh): school; ladder
Ancestry of “ysgol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Welsh | yscawl | — |
| 2 | Latin | scala | ladder; stairs |
| 3 | Latin | scadla | — |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |
Words derived from “ysgol”