Where does “lavaglas” come from?
lavaglas (Dutch) comes from Dutch lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
lavaglas (Dutch): lava rock, obsidian
Definitions
- lava rock, obsidian
Ancestry of “lavaglas”, step by step
lavaglas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch lava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lava | lava |
| 2 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 4 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |