Where does “aluda” come from?

aluda (Catalan) comes from Latin aluta, from Proto-Celtic altos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

aluda (Catalan): a type of tawed leather made from the hides of lambs or kid goats and used for gloves, purses, book covers, etc; lambskin, kid leather

Definitions

  1. a type of tawed leather made from the hides of lambs or kid goats and used for gloves, purses, book covers, etc; lambskin, kid leather

Ancestry of “aluda”, step by step

aluda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin aluta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinalutaA soft leather, probably made using alum; A purse...
2Proto-Celticaltosheight, cliff
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via Latin loligo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinloligoa squid; a cuttlefish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltósEvery word from Proto-Celtic altos