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Where does “fienoso” come from?

fienoso (Italian) comes from Italian fieno, 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.

fienoso (Italian): haylike

Definitions

  1. haylike

Ancestry of “fienoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfienohay; Alternative form of fiano, third-person...
2Italianvoltareto turn; to flip; to make turn; to rotate
3Vulgar Latin*volvitare—
4Latinvolverethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5LatinvolvoI roll, tumble
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelw-hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind
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