Where does “nel” come from?

nel (Galician) comes from Galician el, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

nel (Galician): in him, in it

Definitions

  1. in him, in it

Ancestry of “nel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianelhe
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →