Where does “montesizu” come from?
montesizu (Asturian) comes from Asturian montés, from Asturian -és, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
montesizu (Asturian): earthy smell, smell of woods
Definitions
- earthy smell, smell of woods
Ancestry of “montesizu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asturian | montés | (of animals and plants) wild |
| 2 | Asturian | -és | forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite |
| 3 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 4 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 5 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 6 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |