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