Where does “akvarel” come from?
akvarel (Danish) comes from Italian acquerello, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.
akvarel (Danish): watercolour
Definitions
- watercolour
Ancestry of “akvarel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | acquerello | watercolor, watercolour; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | acqua | water; lane; inflection of acquare: ##... |
| 3 | Latin | aqua | water |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | akʷā | water |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ekʷeh₂ | water, flowing water |