Where does “tonsilla” come from?

tonsilla (Finnish) comes from Latin tonsillae, from Proto-Italic *tonslilā, from Proto-Italic tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tonsilla (Finnish): tonsil

Definitions

  1. tonsil

Ancestry of “tonsilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintonsillaetonsils
2Proto-Italic*tonslilā—
3Proto-Italictonslis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →