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Where does “quagliodromo” come from?

quagliodromo (Italian) comes from Italian quaglia, from Latin quaccola, from Proto-Italic kwakklā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- — to flee, escape.

quagliodromo (Italian): A place where retrievers are trained

Definitions

  1. A place where retrievers are trained

Ancestry of “quagliodromo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquagliaquail; properly the common quail; third-person...
2Latinquaccolaquail
3Proto-Italickwakklā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾-to flee, escape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- →