Where does “cúlex” come from?

cúlex (Catalan) comes from Latin culex, from Proto-Indo-European ḱuH-ló-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

cúlex (Catalan): mosquito

Definitions

  1. mosquito

Ancestry of “cúlex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinculexgnat, midge, mosquito
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱuH-ló-
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱuH-ló-Every word from Latin culex