scai
Romanian
Etymology
Either from Serbo-Croatian [Term?] čkalj (although difficult on phonetic grounds) or more likely from a Vulgar Latin *squaleus (later reduced to *scalius), from Latin squaleo. Cf. Spanish escajo, Portuguese escalheiro. Less likely from a Greek σϰαλίας (sϰalías)[1].
References
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