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

  1. window

Ancestry of “xanela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesejanellawindow
2Vulgar Latinianuellawindow
3Latiniānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)
4LatinIānus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “xanela”

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