That’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.
Good call. According to wiki, the French escale is descended from the Latin scala (ladder)
EDIT: I misread. The modern French word escale (port of call) descended from the Latin scala (ladder), but the similar Old French word escale/eschale (hard skin covering) came from the Old High German scala (similar meaning). BUT, the Norse skala (measuring device) mentioned in the meme DID descend from the Latin scala (ladder)!
Wouldn’t the French escale also have stemmed from the latin scala at some point?
“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”
I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
That’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.
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Good call. According to wiki, the French escale is descended from the Latin scala (ladder)
EDIT: I misread. The modern French word escale (port of call) descended from the Latin scala (ladder), but the similar Old French word escale/eschale (hard skin covering) came from the Old High German scala (similar meaning). BUT, the Norse skala (measuring device) mentioned in the meme DID descend from the Latin scala (ladder)!
I was curious. Apparently scale as in scale model also comes from the Latin scala. After learning that I went to OED to learn more…
33 meanings. This is where my journey ends today. 🤣