Etymology

From Middle French escaille, from Old French escaille ‎(“scale”), from Frankish *skallija ‎(“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō ‎(“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‎(“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekaj/, /ekɑj/