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Where does “coruñés” come from?

coruñés (Galician) comes from Galician -és, from Old Portuguese -és, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

coruñés (Galician): Of or pertaining to A Coruña, Galicia; Someone...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to A Coruña, Galicia; Someone...

Ancestry of “coruñés”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-és-ese
2Old Portuguese-és—
3Latin-ensisOf or from
4Latinarvumfield; farm land
5Latincolō—
6Latinquelō—
7Proto-Italickʷelō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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