shoulder, torso · tree trunk · large branch or bough
çekim: çoğul स्क॒न्धाः · tamlayan स्क॒न्धस्य॑
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skendʰ-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *skandʰás Proto-Indo-Aryan *skandʰás? Sanskrit स्कन्ध Perhaps from the root स्कन्द् (skand) (in the sense of “rising”), in which case from Proto-Indo-Aryan *skandʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *skandʰás, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *skendʰ- (“to jump”). Cognate to Latin scandō (to climb) and Finnish kanto.