Where does “loir” come from?
loir (French) comes from Vulgar Latin glis, from Latin glis, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.
loir (French): dormouse
Ancestry of “loir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | glis | dormouse; A tenacious kind of earth |
| 2 | Latin | glis | dormouse; A tenacious kind of earth |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *gley- | — |