Where does “Yola” come from?
Yola (English) comes from Spanish hola, from French holà, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.
Yola (English): An extinct West Germanic language formerly spoken in Wexford, Ireland
Definitions
- An extinct West Germanic language formerly spoken in Wexford, Ireland
Ancestry of “Yola”, step by step
Yola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish hola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | hola | hello, hi |
| 2 | French | holà | hey, oi |
| 3 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 4 | Italian | là | there |
| 5 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 6 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 7 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 8 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 9 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 10 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 11 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 12 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 13 | Latin | A | — |
| 14 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 16 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
via Yola yola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yola | yola | old |
| 2 | Yola | yole | Alternative form of yola |
| 3 | Middle English | yolde | — |
| 4 | Old English | eald | old; ancient; original |
| 5 | Old English | feld | field |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |