Where does “veler” come from?
veler (Catalan) comes from Catalan vela, from Old Occitan vela, from Vulgar Latin vela, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
veler (Catalan): sailing, sailer
Ancestry of “veler”, step by step
veler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan vela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | vela | sail; sailing |
| 2 | Old Occitan | vela | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | vela | synonym of īriō; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | vēlum | a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |
via Catalan vel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | vel | veil |
| 2 | Latin | velum | the sail of a ship; a cloth, curtain, veil,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |