Where does “loir” come from?

loir (French) comes from Vulgar Latin glis, from Latin glis, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

loir (French): dormouse

Definitions

  1. dormouse

Ancestry of “loir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinglisdormouse; A tenacious kind of earth
2Latinglisdormouse; A tenacious kind of earth
3Proto-Indo-European*gley-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from Latin glis →Every word from Vulgar Latin glis →