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Where does “Nola” come from?

Nola comes from Latin Nola, derived from Irish Fionnghuala, from Old Irish Finnguala, composed of Old Irish finn, ultimately from Proto-Celtic windos and Proto-Indo-European weyd-.

Ancestry of “Nola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianNola—
2LatinNola—
3LatinNuvlana—
4Oscan𐌍𐌞𐌅𐌋𐌞—
5Oscan𐌍𐌞𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌞—
6Oscan𐌍𐌞new
7Proto-Italicnowosnew
8Proto-Indo-European*néwos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →