écaille
French
noun
Definitions
- scale (of fish, reptile etc.)
- shell (of tortoise, oyster)
- tortoiseshell (manufacturing material)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French escaille inherited from Old French escaille (scale) derived from Frankish *skallju, *skallija (shell, scale) derived from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (shell, husk, scale, peel, rind) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kelH-
Gloss
split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
分
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- scaglia English
- cultellus Latin
- scalpellum Latin
- scalpō, scalpere Latin
- scaglia Italian
- scagliare Italian
- scaglioso Italian
- écailleux French
- σκάλλω Ancient Greek
- σκάλμη Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel(H)p- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelHtro- Proto-Indo-European
- *skewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaljō Proto-Germanic
- *skalkaz Proto-Germanic
- *skalō Proto-Germanic
- *skelbaną Proto-Germanic
- *skelduz Proto-Germanic
- *skeulą Proto-Germanic
- *skiljaną Proto-Germanic
- *skilją Proto-Germanic
- *skulō Proto-Germanic
- *slībaną Proto-Germanic
- sciell Old English
- sċiell Old English
- skalli Old Norse
- skel Old Norse
- escaille Old French
- escale Old French
- schalie Middle Dutch
- scolla Old High German
- zolla Old High German
- escaille Middle French
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *halftrijā gmw-pro
- *skallju gmw-pro
- *skoltā Proto-Celtic
- scae Friulian
- *skala Frankish
- *skallju, *skallija Frankish