Etymograph

English

Scales

Scales comes from Old Norse skáli ‘shed, hut’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350skáli‘shed, hut’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Scales

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350skáli‘shed, hut’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Scales

Earliest quotation: 2025, Vittoria Elliott, The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Govern: “Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM…”

Every English word from Old Norse skáli

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Norse skáli / Scales

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