escaille

Old French

noun
Definitions
  • scale (flat, hard part of an outer coating)
  • ring or plate of armor

Etymology

Borrowed 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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