Where does “xelo” come from?

xelo (Galician) comes from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

xelo (Galician): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “xelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingelūfrost
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-