Where does “ollomol” come from?

ollomol (Galician) comes from Galician mol, from Old Portuguese mole, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

ollomol (Galician): blackspot sea bream

Definitions

  1. blackspot sea bream

Ancestry of “ollomol”, step by step

ollomol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician mol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmolsoft; flexible, pliant; weak, lacking strength
2Old Portuguesemolesoft
3Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
4Latinmolduis—
5Proto-Italicmoldus—
6Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dussoft, weak
7Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

via Galician ollo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianolloeye; potato eye; pool
2Old Portugueseolloeye
3Vulgar Latinocluseye; Alternative form of oculus
4LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
5Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus →Every word from Proto-Italic moldus →