Where does “neles” come from?
neles (Galician) comes from Galician eles, from Old Portuguese elles, from Latin illōs, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “neles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | eles | they |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | elles | — |
| 3 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |