Where does “labhan” come from?
labhan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano laba, from Spanish lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
labhan (Cebuano): To wash, to launder
Definitions
- To wash, to launder
Ancestry of “labhan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | laba | To wash, to launder |
| 2 | Spanish | lava | lava; washing |
| 3 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 5 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |