Where does “talude” come from?
talude (Galician) comes from Spanish talud, from French talus, from Gaulish talutum, from Proto-Celtic *talu, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.
talude (Galician): slope
Ancestry of “talude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | talud | slope |
| 2 | French | talus | slope, embankment |
| 3 | Gaulish | talutum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | *talu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |