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Where does “grallar” come from?

grallar (Catalan) comes from Catalan gralla, from Vulgar Latin gracla, from Latin grācula, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

grallar (Catalan): to caw

Definitions

  1. to caw

Ancestry of “grallar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalangrallathe western jackdaw; a double-reed instrument in...
2Vulgar Latingracla—
3Latingrācula—
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →