Where does “vitulj” come from?

vitulj (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin vituleus, from Latin vitulus, from Proto-Indo-European wetelo-, from Proto-Indo-European wet- — year; year-old.

vitulj (Aromanian): yearling kid or lamb

Definitions

  1. yearling kid or lamb

Ancestry of “vitulj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvituleus
2Latinvitulusa bull calf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwetelo-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwet-year; year-old
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wet-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wetelo-Every word from Latin vitulus
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