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

Definitions

  1. jackdaw; rook; squawk

Ancestry of “gralla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latingracla—
2Latingrācula(female) jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “gralla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin grācula →