Where does “vao” come from?

vao (Galician) comes from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.

vao (Galician): ford; sandbar; flank

Definitions

  1. ford; sandbar; flank

Ancestry of “vao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,...
2Proto-Italicwaðomford, shallow water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwadʰom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom →Every word from Proto-Italic waðom →Every word from Latin vadum →