scarpa
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈskar.pa/
noun
Definitions
- (protective covering for the foot) shoe
- (architecture) juxtaposition of a wall inclined to the base of a tower or a boundary wall (buttress)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skarpaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- controscarpa Italian
- scarpaio Italian
- scarpetta Italian
- soprascarpa Italian
- escarpe French
- escarpa Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kerb(ʰ) Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kerb- Proto-Indo-European
- *skarpaz Proto-Germanic
- skarpeta Polish
- scearp Old English
- sċearp Old English
- skarpr Old Norse
- contraescarpa Catalan, Valencian
- escarpa Catalan, Valencian
- (*)scarp Old High German
- scarf Old High German
- scarf(i), scarf Old High German
- skarp Old Dutch
- skarp Old Saxon