Where does “siau” come from?

siau (French) comes from Vulgar Latin sitellus, from Latin sitella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

siau (French): bucket, pail

Definitions

  1. bucket, pail

Ancestry of “siau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsitellus—
2Latinsitellaa voting urn
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin sitella →