Where does “fieno” come from?
fieno (Italian) comes from Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare, from Latin volvere, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
fieno (Italian): hay; Alternative form of fiano, third-person...
Definitions
- hay; Alternative form of fiano, third-person...
Ancestry of “fieno”, step by step
fieno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian voltare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | voltare | to turn; to flip; to make turn; to rotate |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *volvitare | — |
| 3 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |