Where does “gerle” come from?
gerle (Italian) comes from Italian gerla, from Latin gerula, from Latin gerulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
gerle (Italian): plural of gerla
Ancestry of “gerle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gerla | conical wicker basket, with two straps, for... |
| 2 | Latin | gerula | bearer, porter |
| 3 | Latin | gerulus | a bearer, carrier; one who does something, a doer |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |