Where does “tresfueyar” come from?
tresfueyar (Asturian) comes from Asturian fueya, from Late Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
tresfueyar (Asturian): to turn the pages (of a book)
Definitions
- to turn the pages (of a book)
Ancestry of “tresfueyar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asturian | fueya | leaf |
| 2 | Late Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |