Etymograph

English

scaledrake

From scale + drake.

A compound of scale + drake

Proto-Indo-European *skend- ‘to jump up, ascend’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂

Proto-Italic *skand-slā

Latin scāla ‘ladder; stairs’

Middle English scale ‘ladder’

English scale

Middle English drake ‘male duck, drake’

English drake

Today it means

noun sheldrake

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scaledrake”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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