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Where does “σιροκολεβάντες” come from?

σιροκολεβάντες (Greek) comes from Greek λεβάντες, from Italian levante, from Italian levarsi, from Latin levāns, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus — light.

σιροκολεβάντες (Greek): an east-southeasterly Mediterranean wind

Definitions

  1. an east-southeasterly Mediterranean wind

Ancestry of “σιροκολεβάντες”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekλεβάντες—
2Italianlevanterising; east; levanter
3Italianlevarsireflexive of levare; to get up, stand up; to take...
4Latinlevāns—
5Latinlevō—
6Latinlēvis—
7Proto-Italicleɣʷis—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- →