Where does “lavafall” come from?
lavafall (English) comes from English lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
lavafall (English): A cascade of lava
Definitions
- A cascade of lava
Ancestry of “lavafall”, step by step
lavafall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lava | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its... |
| 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 |