Where does “laba” come from?

laba (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese lavar, from Old Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavare, from Latin lavo, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

laba (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to wash

Definitions

  1. to wash

Ancestry of “laba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselavarto wash
2Old Portugueselavar—
3Latinlavarepresent active infinitive of lavō; second-person...
4LatinlavoI wash, bathe; I wet, moisten
5Proto-Italiclawaō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti →Every word from Proto-Italic lawaō →