Where does “aigua” come from?

aigua (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan aigua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

aigua (Catalan): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “aigua”, step by step

aigua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan aigua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanaiguawater
2Latinaquawater
3Proto-Italicakʷāwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

via Old Occitan aiga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old OccitanaigaAlternative form of aigua

Words derived from “aigua”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →