Where does “xanela” come from?

xanela (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese janella, from Vulgar Latin ianuella, from Latin iānua, from Latin Iānus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

xanela (Galician): window

Definitions

window

Ancestry of “xanela”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Portuguese	janella	window
2	Vulgar Latin	ianuella	window
3	Latin	iānua	any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)
4	Latin	Iānus	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	yeh₂-	to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “xanela”

multixanela

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Latin Iānus →Every word from Latin iānua →