Where does “arvicola” come from?

arvicola (Italian) comes from Translingual Arvicola, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

arvicola (Italian): vole, field mouse

Definitions

  1. vole, field mouse

Ancestry of “arvicola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualArvicolagenus
2Latinarvumfield; farm land
3Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
4Latinquelō—
5Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →