Where does “ovillu” come from?

ovillu (Fala) comes from Spanish ovillo, from Latin globellus, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

ovillu (Fala): ball of wool, yarn

Definitions

  1. ball of wool, yarn

Ancestry of “ovillu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishovilloball; pile, bunch
2Latinglobellus—
3Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin globus →Every word from Latin globellus →