Where does “gralla” come from?
gralla (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin gracla, from Latin grācula, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
gralla (Galician): jackdaw; rook; squawk
Ancestry of “gralla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | gracla | — |
| 2 | Latin | grācula | — |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |