The biggest etymological scandal is the Old Greek word *skandalon, which means "obstacle". There is no purer Albanian word than *skandalon. The Albanian language words "shko/go" and "ndalon/stop" are complete, almost intact, phonetically unchanged.
The noun "Greek" in this form seems to be first attested in the Septuagint (25 times) and in the Greek New Testament (15 times) as "the cause of moral obstacles", thought to be a translation of a Hebrew word that would it says "loop, trap". The biblical use is apparently figurative or metaphorical, and the OED and most etymologists have concluded that it is "certainly an old word meaning 'trap'" or "obstacle" a variant of one. Watkins proposes it is from PIE *skand- "to jump, to climb". While Robert Beekes, a good connoisseur of so-called ancient Greek, is skeptical.
The word is of uncertain origin.
σκάνδαλον of ancient Greek, with this composition it doesn't seem very ancient to me in fact, it sounds more like a new medieval word with etymology of another language, which is really ancient, the Albanian language. Since they cannot find an origin from ancient Greek, etymologists mischievously treat it with an origin from Proto-Indo-European *skand- ("to dance") and leave almost half of the word αλον unexplained.
What is an obstacle?
An obstacle is an object that prevents you from going where you want to go, because it got in your way, is in your way,
The creator of the word of the new language called old Greek, probably an Albanian speaker, or a good connoisseur of the Albanian language, chose the two words that make up the foundation of the concept *shko (go) and *ndalon (stop). To hide the origin a little, he wrote *shko (go) with an a and placed it at the beginning of the word formation.
Here we have no etymology, or etymology is not necessary, but in the interpretation of this word, the forms *go and *stop match 100% with the words of the Albanian language and their meanings convincingly explain and argue the concept obstacle of skandalon.
Any other etymology of this word is an ideological etymology.
The noun "Greek" in this form seems to be first attested in the Septuagint (25 times) and in the Greek New Testament (15 times) as "the cause of moral obstacles", thought to be a translation of a Hebrew word that would it says "loop, trap". The biblical use is apparently figurative or metaphorical, and the OED and most etymologists have concluded that it is "certainly an old word meaning 'trap'" or "obstacle" a variant of one. Watkins proposes it is from PIE *skand- "to jump, to climb". While Robert Beekes, a good connoisseur of so-called ancient Greek, is skeptical.
The word is of uncertain origin.
σκάνδαλον of ancient Greek, with this composition it doesn't seem very ancient to me in fact, it sounds more like a new medieval word with etymology of another language, which is really ancient, the Albanian language. Since they cannot find an origin from ancient Greek, etymologists mischievously treat it with an origin from Proto-Indo-European *skand- ("to dance") and leave almost half of the word αλον unexplained.
What is an obstacle?
An obstacle is an object that prevents you from going where you want to go, because it got in your way, is in your way,
The creator of the word of the new language called old Greek, probably an Albanian speaker, or a good connoisseur of the Albanian language, chose the two words that make up the foundation of the concept *shko (go) and *ndalon (stop). To hide the origin a little, he wrote *shko (go) with an a and placed it at the beginning of the word formation.
Here we have no etymology, or etymology is not necessary, but in the interpretation of this word, the forms *go and *stop match 100% with the words of the Albanian language and their meanings convincingly explain and argue the concept obstacle of skandalon.
The basic meaning is any obstacle placed in the way and causing a person to stumble or fall, i.e. a rock that becomes the cause of hindrance and stopping you while walking.
"Scandalon" doesn't just mean "something that shouldn't happen, something that hurts your feelings or makes you blush," but also includes things like "a stone that causes you to stumble by stopping your walk." It is an image that refers to something that stops you while you are walking, against your will, for example a big rock in the middle of the road that has fallen from the side of the mountain and you cannot continue your journey, the rock stops you.
The main purpose when you go somewhere is to go from point A to point B. The obstacle itself is not the basic element in the sense of scandal. The main thing is that you are forbidden to go to point B, the stop of walking carries the basic meaning of scandalizing. In other words, religiously, where this word was first written, it refers to something that causes you to *ndalon (stop) while you are trying to *shko"(go) with Jesus." This is very significant and very important for finding the first origin of the word and the origin of the word from the Albanian language.
Scandalon in the Christian sense understood mainly when someone *ndalon is stopped or ensnared in his walk of discipleship of Jesus Christ. And most of these temptations that stop the discipleship of Jesus Christ are traps of a moral nature.
Shko/Go+ndal/stop. It is a metaphor from the Albanian language.Any other etymology of this word is an ideological etymology.
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