eschele

Old French

Alternative forms

  • eschale, eskele

Etymology

Latin scāla.

Noun

eschele oblique singular, f (oblique plural escheles, nominative singular eschele, nominative plural escheles)

  1. ladder

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: échaule
  • French: échelle
  • Lorrain: schaule
  • Norman: équielle, éqùile (continental Normandy), étchelle (Guernsey), êtchelle (Jersey), ekyel (Sark)
  • Picard: ékèle (Somme), ékièle (Artois and Eastern Picard)
  • Walloon: schåle

References

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