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Where does “allau” come from?

allau (Catalan) comes from Catalan llau, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh.

allau (Catalan): avalanche; barrage, avalanche

Definitions

  1. avalanche; barrage, avalanche

Ancestry of “allau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanllauavalanche
2Latinlābēs—
3Latinlābor—
4Old Latinlabos—
5Romanianlabăpalm; paw
6Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
7Proto-Uralicluwebone
8Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
9Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—
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