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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skala

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Substantivized collective noun from *skàliti (“to chop”) +‎ *-а. Perhaps, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skalā́ˀ, from a long o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, to chop”), akin to Lithuanian skalà (“chip, sliver”), Proto-Germanic *skalō (“lump, ball”).

Noun

*skàla f[1][2]

  1. (perhaps originally[1]) crack, cleft → sliver, fragment, wedge
  2. rock

Alternative forms
  • *skaľa (yā-stem)

Declension

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Derived terms
  • *skalica, *skalъka (diminutive)
  • *skalařь, *skalakъ (“stone worker/miner”)
  • *skalistъ (“rocky”)
  • *skalьnъ (“stony, made of rock”)
  • *skaliti (“to chop”)
  • *skolьka (“shell; mussel”)
  • *ščelь (“crack, fissure”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “скала”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V.; Racheva, M.; Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “скала”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 718
  • скала in Горох.ua

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “skala¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ska̋la”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “?skala”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 107)”
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