Where does “rochelais” come from?

rochelais (French) comes from French -ais, from Old French -eis, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

rochelais (French): of La Rochelle, France

Definitions

  1. of La Rochelle, France

Ancestry of “rochelais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-aisThe first-person and second-person singular...
2Old French-eisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
3Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
4Latin-ensisOf or from
5Latinarvumfield; farm land
6Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
7Latinquelō
8Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-