köken: Inherited from Old French escale, from Frankish *skala or another Old High German source skala /scāla. Cf. Proto-Germanic *skaljō, Frankish *skallija. Ultimately of the same source as the doublet écaille (“scale”).
köken: Uncertain. Theories range between a borrowing from German Borke , a derivation from Vulgar Latin *(prae)pucia, from *praepucium, as a variant of Latin praeputium, and other ones.
köken: From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *aganą (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
aile: skilja agnarna från vetet, skingras som agnar för vinden
husk (of a grain); (in the plural) chaff (inedible parts of a plant whose seeds are eaten as grain).
çekim: çoğul akanat · tamlayan akanan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *akana (compare Estonian agan, Livonian agānd, Votic akanõ), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aganō (“chaff”) (compare Swedish agn). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552).
aile: erottaa jyvät akanoista
Akanoiden erottamiseksi varhaisissa kulttuureissa heitettiin viljaa ilmaan ja annettiin tuulen puhaltaa pois kevyemmät akanat.
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кожа (koža), or from a (South) Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic *koža. Compare Serbo-Croatian ко̏жа, Bulgarian кожа (koža). Compare also Aromanian coaji.
shell, husk, hull, sac, membrane, coat · caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth)
çekim: çoğul burkok
köken: Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries) + -k (nominal suffix).
peel, skin, bark, shell (as of a nut or fruit) · cortex · spiritual impurity
çekim: çoğul קליפות
köken: Semitic passive participle plus feminine suffix of a productive root. But see also Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa, “cinnamon”) suggesting ancient Dravidian influence.
tuft, wisp of wool · trifle (thing of little importance)
çekim: çoğul floccī · tamlayan floccī
köken: Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlok-, related to Old High German blaha (“linen, canvas”), Old Swedish blan, bla, both from Proto-Germanic *blahǭ, *blagwǭ (“cloth, linen”), and Old Norse blæja, which is from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“linen, cloth”). Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *flokkō (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkô (“down, piece of wool, flake, fluff”), from…