Where does “abalo” come from?

abalo (Galician) comes from Galician abalar, from Old Portuguese abalar, from Vulgar Latin advallo, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

abalo (Galician): shake; shove, push; tide, surge, swell of the sea

Definitions

  1. shake; shove, push; tide, surge, swell of the sea

Ancestry of “abalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianabalarto move, to displace, to dislodge; to shake; to...
2Old Portugueseabalar—
3Vulgar Latinadvallo—
4Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →