Where does “ventalla” come from?
ventalla (Catalan) comes from Catalan ventall, from Catalan ventar, from Catalan vent, from Old Occitan vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti — to blow.
Ancestry of “ventalla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | ventall | — |
| 2 | Catalan | ventar | — |
| 3 | Catalan | vent | wind; A casteller in the pinya standing between... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | vent | — |
| 5 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |